Spitsbergen bowhead whales revisited

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 688-693

  Wiig, Øystein ^a   Bachmann, Lutz ^a   Janik, Vincent M ^b   Kovacs, Kit M ^c   Lydersen, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; WHALE;

BALAENIDAE;

EID: 34250339730     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.02373.x     Document Type: Review

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