Observations on Distribution and Intraspecific Variation in Pigmentation Patterns of Odontocete Cetacea in the Western North Atlantic

This paper comprises sight records for nine species and morphometries, color descriptions, and miscellaneous notes on the food and parasites of seven species of small odontocetes observed from West Greenland to Florida 1967–72. Of interest are the first western Atlantic extralimital record of Monodo...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
Main Author: Mercer, M. C.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1973
Subjects:
General Medicine
Greenland
Delphinapterus leucas
Monodon monoceros
Newfoundland
North Atlantic
Phocoena phocoena
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f73-182
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f73-182
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Summary:This paper comprises sight records for nine species and morphometries, color descriptions, and miscellaneous notes on the food and parasites of seven species of small odontocetes observed from West Greenland to Florida 1967–72. Of interest are the first western Atlantic extralimital record of Monodon monoceros, first Newfoundland records of Stenella coeruleoalba, and extralimital records of Delphinapterus leucas from Newfoundland. Intraspecific variability is described in the pigmentation patterns of Phocoena phocoena.

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