Use of radiography to determine age class and assist with the post-mortem diagnostics of a Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei)

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 307-313

  Stockin, K A ^a   Wiseman, N ^b   Hartman, A ^c   Moffat, N ^c   Roe, W D ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Growth; Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand; Mortality; Pathology

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; GROWTH; INJURY; MORTALITY; RADIOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL; VESSEL; WHALE;

AUSTRALASIA; HAURAKI GULF; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA BRYDEI; CETACEA;

EID: 58149231486     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330809509958     Document Type: Article

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