Discovery of a blue whale feeding and nursing ground in southern Chile

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2004, Pages

  Hucke Gaete, Rodrigo ^a,b   Osman, Layla P ^a,b   Moreno, Carlos A ^a   Findlay, Ken P ^c   Ljungblad, Don K ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Blue Whale Center (CBA/BWC)   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balaenoptera musculus; Cetacea; Conservation; Endangered species; Marine protected area; Whaling

Indexed keywords

FEEDING GROUND; NURSERY GROUND; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WHALE;

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHALE;

CHILE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MUSCULUS;

EID: 2342653537     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0132     Document Type: Article

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