Movements and dive habits of a satellite-monitored longfinned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) in the Northwest Atlantic

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 136-144

  Mate, Bruce R ^a   Lagerquist, Barbara A ^a   Winsor, Martha ^a   Geraci, Joseph ^b   Prescott, John H ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Biological Programs   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; GLOBICEPHALA MELAENA; GLOBICEPHALA MELAS;

EID: 12244295520     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2005.tb01213.x     Document Type: Article

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