Sighting characteristics and photo-identification of Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) near San Clemente Island, California: A key area for beaked whales and the military?

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2631-2640

  Falcone, Erin A ^a   Schorr, Gregory S ^a   Douglas, Annie B ^a   Calambokidis, John ^a   Henderson, Elizabeth ^b   McKenna, Megan F ^b   Hildebrand, John ^b   Moretti, David ^c  

^a CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; HYDROPHONE; MAMMAL; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WHALE;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; NORTH AMERICA; SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; ZIPHIIDAE; ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS;

EID: 70350409959     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1289-8     Document Type: Article

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