Observation of a right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) birth in the coastal waters of the Southeast United States

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-24

  Zani, Monica A ^a   Taylor, Jessica K D ^a   Kraus, Scott D ^a  

^a Edgerton Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth; Calf; Cetacean; Eubalaena glacialis; Reproduction; Right whale

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DATE; COASTAL ZONE; REPRODUCTION; WHALE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; CYAMIDA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS; TREMATODA;

EID: 54149092349     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.34.1.2008.21     Document Type: Article

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