Body shape changes associated with reproductive status, nutritive condition and growth in right whales Eubalaena glacialis and E. australis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 459, Issue , 2012, Pages 135-156

  Miller, Carolyn A ^a   Best, Peter B ^b   Perryman, Wayne L ^c   Baumgartner, Mark F ^a   Moore, Michael J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial photogrammetry; Body condition; Body shape; Energetics; Eubalaena; Reproduction; Right whale

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY CONDITION; BODY SHAPE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LACTATION; METABOLISM; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA; EUBALAENA AUSTRALIS; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84863855319     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09675     Document Type: Article

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