Sightings of dwarf (Kogia sima) and pygmy (K. breviceps) sperm whales from the main Hawaiian Islands

Pacific Science

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 461-466

  Baird, Robin W ^a  

^a CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; WHALE;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

CETACEA; KOGIA; KOGIA BREVICEPS; KOGIA SIMA; KOGIA SIMUS; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 21544473815     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/psc.2005.0031     Document Type: Article

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