Occurrence of a herd of female sperm whales and their calves (Physeter catodon), off Monaco, in the Ligurian Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 213-214

  Moulins, Aurelie ^a   Würtz, Maurizio ^b  

^a CIMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; NEW RECORD; WHALE;

LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 15944395553     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405011094h     Document Type: Article

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