Coastal, offshore, and migratory movements of South African right whales revealed by satellite telemetry

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 455-476

  Mate, B R ^a   Best, P B ^b   Lagerquist, B A ^a   Winsor, M H ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antarctic Polar Front; Argos telemetry; Eubalaena australis; Foraging; Migration; Movements; South Africa; Southern right whale; Subtropical Convergence

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; RADIOTELEMETRY; RESIDENCE TIME; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE; TAGGING; WHALE;

SAINT HELENA BAY; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ANIMALIA; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; COPEPODA; EUBALAENA AUSTRALIS; EUPHAUSIIDAE;

EID: 79956077960     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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