Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) sightings and recordings South of the Aleutian Islands

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 708-713

  Rankin, Shannon ^a   Barlow, Jay ^a   Stafford, Kathleen M ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISLAND; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; WHALE;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA;

EID: 33745044173     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2006.00054.x     Document Type: Article

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