A bowhead whale calf observed in northeast Greenland waters

Polar Record

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 373-375

  Boertmann, David ^a   Nielsen, Rasmus Due ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WHALE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

BALAENIDAE;

EID: 78650311828     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: 14753057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247410000070     Document Type: Article

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