A new hybrid between a blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus, and a fin whale, B. Physalus: Frequency and implications of hybridization

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 82-98

  Bérubé, Martine ^a,b,d   Aguilar, Alex ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Balaenoptera musculus; Balaenoptera physalus; Blue whale; Eastern North Atlantic; Fin whale; Hybrid

Indexed keywords

HYBRIDIZATION; REPRODUCTIVE CAPACITY; WHALE;

(NORTHWEST); ATLANTIC;

BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS;

EID: 2642705855     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1998.tb00692.x     Document Type: Article

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