Biological aspects of Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) recorded in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 182-187

  Gomerčić, Hrvoje ^a   Duras Gomerčić, Martina ^a   Gomerčić, Tomislav ^a   Lucić, Hrvoje ^a   Dalebout, Merel ^b,d   Galov, Ana ^c   Škrtić, Darinka ^a   Ćurković, Snježana ^a   Vuković, Snježana ^a   Huber, Duro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; DNA identification; External morphology; Osteometry

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; ZIPHIIDAE; ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS;

EID: 33745699938     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-006-0032-8     Document Type: Article

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