Historical observations of humpback and blue whales in the North Atlantic Ocean: Clues to migratory routes and possibly additional feeding grounds

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 774-786

  Reeves, Randall R ^a   Smith, Tim D ^b   Josephson, Elizabeth A ^b   Clapham, Phillip J ^b   Woolmer, Gillian ^c  

^a Okapi Wildlife Associates Canada   (Canada)

^b NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balaenoptera musculus; Blue whale; Humpback whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; Mid Atlantic Ridge; Migration; North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

FEEDING GROUND; MIGRATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEASONALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; MUSCULUS; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 6344228277     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2004.tb01192.x     Document Type: Article

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