First account of a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Texas waters, with a re-evaluation of historical records from the Gulf of Mexico

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 133-137

  Weller, David W ^a   Schiro, Andrew J ^a   Cockcroft, Victor G ^b   Ding, Wang ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^b PORT ELIZABETH MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 1842329941     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1996.tb00311.x     Document Type: Article

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