Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei) stable associations and dive profiles: New insights into foraging behavior

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 202-212

  Alves, Filipe ^a   Dinis, Ana ^a   Cascão, Irma ^b   Freitas, Luís ^a  

^a Museu da Baleia da Madeira   (Portugal)

^b INETI   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; WHALE;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA BRYDEI; CETACEA;

EID: 73349104423     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2009.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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