Pilot whales follow internal solitary waves in the South China Sea

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 193-196

  Moore, Sue E ^a   Lien, Ren Chieh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; SOLITARY WAVE; WHALE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE;

EID: 33846083303     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2006.00086.x     Document Type: Article

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