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Stranding of a whale (Balaenoptera sp.) At Murdeshwar Beach, Uttar Kannad district of Karnataka

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Title Stranding of a whale (Balaenoptera sp.) At Murdeshwar
Beach, Uttar Kannad district of Karnataka
 
Creator Arghekar, V Udaya
 
Subject Whales
Stranding
Marine Mammals
 
Description A baleen whale, Balaenoptera sp. was found
washed ashore, dead at Murdeshwar beach
north of Bhatkal on 10.1.2001. The whale was
reported to be found dead and floating in the
inshore waters off Honavar for about one week
before it was washed ashore. The carcass was
in highly decomposed state and detailed
measurements could not be made.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 2001
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3658/1/Article_08.pdf
Arghekar, V Udaya (2001) Stranding of a whale (Balaenoptera sp.) At Murdeshwar Beach, Uttar Kannad district of Karnataka. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 169. p. 13.