Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, stranding on the Pakistani coast

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 363-364

  Gore, M A ^a   Ahmad, E ^b   Ali, Q M ^c   Culloch, R M ^a   Hameed, S ^c   Hasnain, S A ^b   Hussain, B ^b   Kiani, S ^c   Shaik, N ^b   Siddiqui, P J ^c   Ormond, R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

^b WWF Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE; NEW RECORD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STRANDING; WHALE;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

MAMMALIA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 33847376023     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407054793     Document Type: Article

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