Late Pleistocene and Holocene whale remains (Cetacea) from Denmark and adjacent countries: Species, distribution, chronology, and trace element concentrations

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-281

  Aaris Sørensen, Kim ^a   Rasmussen, Kaare Lund ^b   Kinze, Carl ^c   Petersen, Kaj Strand ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c CCKonsult ^*  (Denmark)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronology; Distribution; Late Pleistocene Holocene; Southern Scandinavia; Species; Trace elements.; Whale remains

Indexed keywords

BONE; CEPHALOPOD; CHRONOLOGY; COBALT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRAYFISH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL RECORD; IRON; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SUBFOSSIL; WHALE; ZINC;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; DENMARK; KATTEGAT; NORTH SEA; SKAGERRAK;

ASTACOIDEA; BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77954466611     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2009.00356.x     Document Type: Article

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