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Crossing the equator: a northern occurrence of the pygmy right whale
Here we document the first stranding record of the pygmy right whale in the Northern Hemisphere—on the coast of The Gambia, Africa (NE Atlantic Ocean, around latitude 13° N)—a location in stark contrast to its current distribution exclusively south of the equator. The original specimen is now missin...
Autores principales: | Tsai, Cheng-Hsiu, Mead, James G. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6296048/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30574356 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40851-018-0117-8 |
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