Modeling whale entanglement injuries: An experimental study of tissue compliance, line tension, and draw-length

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 326-340

  Winn, Jeremy P ^a   Woodward, Becky L ^b,c   Moore, Michael J ^c   Peterson, Michael L ^b   Riley, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b University of Maine   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Entanglement; Eubalaena glacialis; Humpback whale; Injury; Megaptera novaeangliae; Modeling; Right whale

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INJURY; MUSCLE; SKIN; TESTING METHOD; WHALE;

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 42449096751     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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