Record of feeding by humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in tropical waters off Brazil

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 416-419

  De Sá Alves, Luiz Cláudio Pinto ^a   Andriolo, Artur ^b   Zerbini, Alexandre N ^c   Pizzorno, José Luís Altmayer ^a   Clapham, Phillip J ^c  

^a Instituto Aqualie   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas   (Brazil)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WHALE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 64949194177     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00249.x     Document Type: Article

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