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A bowhead whale calf observed in northeast Greenland waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2010

David Boertmann  and
Rasmus Due Nielsen
David Boertmann
Affiliation:
National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University, P.O. Box 399, DK 9000 Roskilde, Denmark (dmb@dmu.dk)
Rasmus Due Nielsen
Affiliation:
National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University, Grenaavej 14, Kaloe, DK 8410 Roende, Denmark
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Abstract

A bowhead whale mother and calf pair was recorded off the northeast Greenland coast in July 2009. This is apparently the first calf observed in the Spitsbergen stock of the bowhead whale since 1981.

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Polar Record , Volume 46 , Issue 4 , October 2010 , pp. 373 - 375
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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