Two historical weapon fragments as an aid to estimating the longevity and movements of bowhead whales

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 751-754

  George, John C ^a   Bockstoce, John R ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b New Bedford Whaling Museum   (United States)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Bowhead whale; Whaling history; Whaling technology; Yankee whaling

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HISTORY; LONGEVITY; MOVEMENT; WEAPON; WHALE; WHALING;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARROW; BEAUFORT SEA; BERING SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; WAINWRIGHT;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA;

EID: 42249110353     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0407-2     Document Type: Article

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