Swimming speeds of singing and non-singing humpback whales during migration

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 481-495

  Noad, Michael J ^a,c   Cato, Douglas H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cetacean; Humpback whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; Migration; Song; Swim speed; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATA; BREEDING SITE; MIGRATION; SONG; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TRACKING; VISUAL ANALYSIS; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CETACEA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 34250325942     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.02414.x     Document Type: Article

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