A Longman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus) strands in Maui, Hawaii, with first case of morbillivirus in the central Pacific

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 767-776

  West, Kristi L ^a   Sanchez, Susan ^b   Rotstein, David ^c   Robertson, Kelly M ^d   Dennison, Sophie ^e   Levine, Gregg ^f   Davis, Nicole ^g   Schofield, David ^g   Potter, Charles W ^h   Jensen, Brenda ^a  

^a HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c not available   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e Marine Mammal Radiology   (United States)

^f not available   (United States)

^g NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^h DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS; WHALE;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); UNITED STATES;

CETACEA; INDOPACETUS PACIFICUS; MEASLES VIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 84885868728     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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