Migrations of humpback whales past Cape Vidal, South Africa, and an estimate of the population increase rate (1988-2002)

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 375-392

  Findlay, K P ^a   Best, P B ^b   Meyer M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c Department of Environmental Affairs   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Megaptera novaeangliae; migration; shore based monitoring; western Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUP SIZE; MIGRATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION GROWTH; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WHALE;

CAPE VIDAL; INDIAN OCEAN; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

CETACEA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 79959785678     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2011.637345     Document Type: Article

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