First confirmed reports of beaked whales, cf. Mesoplodon bidens and M-densiorstris (Ziphiidae), from New Brunswick

Authors
McAlpine, DF Rae, M
Citation
Df. Mcalpine et M. Rae, First confirmed reports of beaked whales, cf. Mesoplodon bidens and M-densiorstris (Ziphiidae), from New Brunswick, CAN FIELD-N, 113(2), 1999, pp. 293-295
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
CANADIAN FIELD-NATURALIST
ISSN journal
00083550 → ACNP
Volume
113
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
293 - 295
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-3550(199904/06)113:2<293:FCROBW>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The first two records for New Brunswick of the little-known beaked whale ge nus Mesoplodon are documented. Based on photographs taken in 1934 and 1993 the stranded animals appear to be M. bidens and M. densirostris.