Observations of live gray’s beaked whales (mesoplodon grayi) in mahurangi harbour, north island, new zealand, with a summary of at‐sea sightings

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 347-356

  Dalebout, Merel L ^a,c   Russell, Kirsty G ^a   Little, Murray J ^b   Ensor, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Governors Bay ^*  (New Zealand)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Chatham Islands; Colour pattern; New Zealand; Ship strike; Ziphiidae

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COLOR; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WHALE;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MAHURANGI HARBOUR; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA; MESOPLODON; MESOPLODON GRAYI; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 13444259854     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2004.9517771     Document Type: Article

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