Observations of a western North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) birth offshore of the protected southeast U.S. critical habitat

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Foley, H J ^a   Holt, R C ^a   Hardee, R E ^b   Nilsson, P B ^b   Jackson, K A ^c   Read, A J ^a   Pabst, D A ^b   McLellan, W A ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHING GEAR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HARVESTING; MORTALITY; PROTECTED AREA; WHALE; WHALING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORTH AMERICA;

CETACEA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS;

EID: 79960388597     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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