Migratory destinations of humpback whales from the Magellan Strait feeding ground, southeast Pacific

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 453-463

  Acevedo, Jorge ^a   Rasmussen, Kristin ^b   Félix, Fernando ^c,d   Castro, Cristina ^e   Llano, Martha ^f   Secchi, Eduardo ^g   Saborío, Marco T ^h   Aguayo Lobo, Anelio ^a,i   Haase, Ben ^c   Scheidat, Meike ^j   Dalla Rosa, Luciano ^k   Olavarría, Carlos ^a,l   Forestell, Paul ^e,m   Acuña, Paola ^a,n   Kaufman, Gregory ^o   Pastene, Luis A ^p  

^a Centre for Quaternary Research Punta Arenas   (Chile)

^b CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^c Fundacion Ecuatoriana para el Estudio de Mamiferos Marinos FEMM   (Ecuador)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^e Pacific Whale Foundation Ecuador   (Ecuador)

^f Fundación Ecológica SENTIR   (Colombia)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^h Instituto Antártico Chileno ^*  (Costa Rica)

ⁱ Depto Cie Inst Antartico Chileno   (Chile)

^j UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^m LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^o Pacific Whale Foundation   (United States)

^p T   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING GROUND; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; WHALE;

MAGELLAN STRAIT; SOUTH AMERICA;

MEGAPTERA;

EID: 33947670916     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.00116.x     Document Type: Article

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