Stranding of a Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps, in the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada

A Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps, stranded alive and later died in the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Canada on 28 August 2001. This is the northern-most stranding of this species in the western Atlantic. The whale was estimated to be approximately 3 m long and a longitudinal section fro...

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Published in:The Canadian Field-Naturalist
Main Authors: Measures, Lena, Roberge, Benoît, Sears, Richard
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 2004
Subjects:
Pygmy Sperm Whale
Kogia breviceps
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Quebec
Canada
Sperm whale
Online Access:https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/52
https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v118i4.52
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spelling ftjcfn:oai:canadianfieldnaturalist.ca:article/52 2023-05-15T18:26:20+02:00 Stranding of a Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps, in the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada Measures, Lena Roberge, Benoît Sears, Richard 2004-10-01 application/pdf https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/52 https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v118i4.52 eng eng The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/52/51 https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/52 doi:10.22621/cfn.v118i4.52 The Canadian Field-Naturalist; Vol. 118 No. 4 (2004); 495-498 0008-3550 Pygmy Sperm Whale Kogia breviceps Gulf of St. Lawrence Quebec Canada info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2004 ftjcfn https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v118i4.52 2021-09-02T18:53:36Z A Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps, stranded alive and later died in the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Canada on 28 August 2001. This is the northern-most stranding of this species in the western Atlantic. The whale was estimated to be approximately 3 m long and a longitudinal section from one tooth (31 mm long and 5.0 mm in diameter) revealed 3.5 growth layer groups. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sperm whale The Canadian Field-Naturalist (E-Journal) Canada The Canadian Field-Naturalist 118 4 495
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Kogia breviceps
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Quebec
Canada
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Kogia breviceps
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Quebec
Canada
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Roberge, Benoît
Sears, Richard
Stranding of a Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps, in the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada
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Quebec
Canada
description A Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps, stranded alive and later died in the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Canada on 28 August 2001. This is the northern-most stranding of this species in the western Atlantic. The whale was estimated to be approximately 3 m long and a longitudinal section from one tooth (31 mm long and 5.0 mm in diameter) revealed 3.5 growth layer groups.
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author Measures, Lena
Roberge, Benoît
Sears, Richard
author_facet Measures, Lena
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Sears, Richard
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title Stranding of a Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps, in the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada
title_short Stranding of a Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps, in the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada
title_full Stranding of a Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps, in the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada
title_fullStr Stranding of a Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps, in the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada
title_full_unstemmed Stranding of a Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps, in the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada
title_sort stranding of a pygmy sperm whale, kogia breviceps, in the northern gulf of st. lawrence, canada
publisher The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
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