Distribution and relative abundance of humpback whales off western Puerto Rico during 1995-1997

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-107

  Sanders, Ilse M ^a   Barrios Santiago, José C ^a,b   Appeldoorn, Richard S ^c  

^a Department of Biology Chemistry and Environmental Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Abundance; Distribution; Humpback; Megaptera novaeangliae; Puerto Rico; Whales

Indexed keywords

RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; WHALE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; PUERTO RICO; WORLD;

CETACEA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 18744367225     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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