ARCTIC Historical Data Sources on the Morphometry and Oil Yield of the Bowhead Whale

• Main Authors: K. J. Finley, L. M. Darling
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1989
• Subjects: Arctic; Baffin Bay; Baleine; Baleinière; Détroit de Davis; la Baleine; Wasa; Baffin; Balaena mysticetus; bowhead whale; Davis Strait; Terre de Baffin
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.546.7185; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic43-2-153.pdf

ABSTRACT. Historical data sources on the bowhead whale ( B a l a m mysticetus) provide the means to statistically examine the relationships of body and baleen size and oil yield. These data demonstrate a linear relationship between length of the whale and baleen length, with no apparent differences...