Cetacean records for the New Caledonian area (Southwest Pacific Ocean), Micronesica 34
Abstract—We report the results of opportunistic sightings collected over a 9–year period. These observations add 9 species to the previous-ly known species from New Caledonia, bringing the total number of cetaceans identified in this area to 13. They are: Minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Lac...
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Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.554.5424 http://university.uog.edu/up/micronesica/abstracts_34/pdfs_34/garrigue%26greaves.pdf |
Summary: | Abstract—We report the results of opportunistic sightings collected over a 9–year period. These observations add 9 species to the previous-ly known species from New Caledonia, bringing the total number of cetaceans identified in this area to 13. They are: Minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Lacépède, 1804); Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758); Short-finned pilot whale, Globi- |
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