Fatally entangled right whales can die extremely slowly

OCEANS 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Moore, Michael J ^a   Bogomolni, Andrea ^a   Bowman, Robert ^b   Hamilton, Philip K ^c   Harry, Charles T ^d   Knowlton, Amy R ^c   Landry, Scott ^b   Rotstein, David S ^e   Touhey, Kathleen ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^d Cape Cod Stranding Network Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES; MAMMALS;

BODY PARTS; FISHING GEARS; RIGHT WHALES; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

AQUACULTURE;

EID: 50949105191     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS.2006.306792     Document Type: Conference Paper

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