First long-term behavioral records from Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) reveal record-breaking dives

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Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Schorr, Gregory S ^a   Falcone, Erin A ^a   Moretti, David J ^b   Andrews, Russel D ^c,d  

^a CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^b NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DATA ANALYSIS; DIVING; ECHOLOCATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES; WHALE; ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS; ANIMAL; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIVING; GEOGRAPHY; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; WHALES;

EID: 84899981651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092633     Document Type: Article

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28. Competing Interests: DJM is employed by the United States Navy, though in a different division than the funders of this work. No part of the analysis or write up was influenced by the funders or sponsors of the research. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.