Sighting history of a naturally marked humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) suggests ear plug growth layer groups are deposited annually

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 443-450

  Gabriele, Christine ^a   Lockyer, Christina ^b   Straley, Janice ^c   Jurasz, Charles ^c   Kato, Hidehiro ^d  

^a Glacier Bay National Park   (United States)

^b Polar Environmental Centre   (Norway)

^c University of Alaska Southeast Sitka Campus ^*  (Canada)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 77954530731     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2009.00341.x     Document Type: Note

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