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On the stranding of whales along the Tamil nadu and Andhra coasts
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http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4694/
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On the stranding of whales along the Tamil nadu and Andhra coasts
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Nammalwar, P
Devadoss, P Srinivasan, A Chidambaram, L Rao, T Chandrasekhara Rao, A Hanumantha |
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Stranding
Marine Mammals |
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Two young female pilot whales Globicephala macrorhyma were caught in the gill nets by a 10 m mechanised boat at Pudukuppam near Cuddalore along the Tamil Nadu coast. The two whales measured 3.02 and 1.40 m in total length respectively. . The fishermen atPomraaiyarpalayam near Pondicherry noticed a whale identified as young female sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus which measured 5.55 m. T he local fishermen at MotupalJy near Ramachandrapuram in Prakasam District of Andhra Pradesh noticed a whale was identified as blue whale Balaenoptera musculu. The various morphometric measurements of these whales listed in detail and tabled. |
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CMFRI
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1989-12
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Article
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application/pdf
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en
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http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4694/1/Article_07.pdf
Nammalwar, P and Devadoss, P and Srinivasan, A and Chidambaram, L and Rao, T Chandrasekhara and Rao, A Hanumantha (1989) On the stranding of whales along the Tamil nadu and Andhra coasts. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 102. pp. 13-16. |
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