Diving behaviour of Cuvier's (Ziphius cavirostris) and Blainville's (Mesoplodon densirostris) beaked whales in Hawai'i

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1120-1128

  Baird, Robin W ^a   Webster, Daniel L ^b   McSweeney, Daniel J ^b   Ligon, Allan D ^c   Schorr, Gregory S ^a   Barlow, Jay ^d  

^a CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^b Wild Whale Research Foundation   (United States)

^c Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECOLOGY; MARINE BIOLOGY; SONAR;

BEAKED WHALES; DIVING BEHAVIOR; DIVING MAMMALS; WATER DEPTHS;

FISHERIES;

DIVING BEHAVIOR; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH; WHALE;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MESOPLODON DENSIROSTRIS; ZIPHIIDAE; ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS;

EID: 33845243657     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-095     Document Type: Article

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