The most southerly record of a stranded bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, from the Western North Atlantic Ocean

Arctic

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-22

  Ledwell, Wayne ^a   Benjamins, Steven ^b   Lawson, Jack ^c   Huntington, Julie ^a  

^a Whale Release and Strandings   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bowhead whale; Labrador; Newfoundland; Spondylitis; Stranding; Vertebral injury

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; HISTORICAL RECORD; INJURY; STRANDING; WHALE;

AVALON PENINSULA; CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; RATTLING BROOK; WITLESS BAY;

ANIMALIA; BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE;

EID: 34248393448     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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