A visual sighting and acoustic detections of minke whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae), in nearshore Hawaiian waters

Pacific Science

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 395-398

  Rankin, Shannon ^a   Norris, Tom F ^b   Smultea, Mari A ^b   Oedekoven, Cornelia ^b   Zoidis, Ann M ^b   Silva, Ethan ^c   Rivers, Julie ^d  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Cetos Research Organization   (United States)

^c Pelagikos   (United States)

^d Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; AERIAL SURVEY; RARE SPECIES; REMOTE SENSING; WHALE;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KAUAI; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERIDAE; CETACEA;

EID: 34248648152     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/1534-6188(2007)61[395:AVSAAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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