Relative growth of the skull of the common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata from the North Pacific in comparison to other Balaenoptera species

Mammal Study

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 105-112

  Nakamura, Gen ^a   Kato, Hidehiro ^a   Fujise, Yoshihiro ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Institute of Cetacean Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Balaenopteridae; relative growth; skull

Indexed keywords

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA BOREALIS; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; BALAENOPTERIDAE; CETACEA;

EID: 84864426476     PISSN: 13434152     EISSN: 13486160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3106/041.037.0201     Document Type: Article

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