Fluke Matcher: A computer-aided matching system for humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) flukes

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 744-756

  Kniest, Eric ^a   Burns, Daniel ^b   Harrison, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; MORPHOLOGY; PIGMENT; WHALE;

MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 77954549143     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2009.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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