Integrative approaches to the study of baleen whale diving behavior, feeding performance, and foraging ecology

BioScience

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 90-100

  Goldbogen, Jeremy A ^a   Friedlaender, Ari S ^b,c   Calambokidis, John ^a   McKenna, Megan F ^e   Simon, Malene ^a   Nowacek, Douglas P ^b,d  

^a CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^e GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Animal behavior; integrative biology; locomotion; marine biology; natural history

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MYSTICETI;

EID: 84873655332     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2013.63.2.5     Document Type: Review

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