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On a Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis stranded at Narikuzhi near Rameswaram along the Palk Bay coast

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Title On a Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis stranded at Narikuzhi near Rameswaram along the Palk Bay coast
 
Creator Kasinathan, C
Ramamoorthy, N
 
Subject Sperm whales
 
Description A male sei whale,Balaenoptera borealis was stranded at Narikuzhi near Rameswaram along the Palk Bay coast on 1-1-2003.The total length of the whale was 15 metres with an approximate weight of 12 tonnes. The whale might have died in the mid sea,most probably due to collision with afishing boat.There were injuries in the notch of the caudal fluke and flipper region.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 2004-04
 
Type Article
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Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3774/1/Article7.pdf
Kasinathan, C and Ramamoorthy, N (2004) On a Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis stranded at Narikuzhi near Rameswaram along the Palk Bay coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 180. p. 15.