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- Title
First record of a humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781), stranding in Pará State, Northern coast of Brazil.
- Authors
Pretto, D. J.; Andrade, M. C. M.; Oliveira, J. M.; Oliveira, M. G. A.
- Abstract
The article deals with the first record of a humpback whale stranding in October 2008 in the northern coast of Brazil. It cites the occurrence of such whales primarily in coastal and continental shelf waters. The area where the whale was found stranding is said to comprise of a coast of indentation, formed by lowlands with several indentations. The carcass of the whale has a measurement of 10 meters in length and was in advanced state of decomposition.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; BEACHING of whales; HUMPBACK whale; COASTS; CONTINENTAL shelf; ANIMAL carcasses
- Publication
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2009, Vol 69, Issue 4, p1207
- ISSN
1519-6984
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S1519-69842009000500029