Behavioural strategies in humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, in a coastal region of Brazil

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1693-1699

  Lunardi, Diana G ^a   Engel, Márcia H ^b   Marciano, João L P ^c   Macedo, Regina H ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BALEIA JUBARTE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abrolhos Bank; behaviour; humpback whales; Megaptera novaeangliae; reproductive season

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011457561     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410000421     Document Type: Article

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