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Song fragments recorded on a tagged juvenile humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) on a winter feeding ground at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA

  • 1. Biology, Syracuse University, New York

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Adcock, Dana L., Shearer, Jeanne M., Foley, Heather J., Swaim, Zach T., Read, Andrew J. (2024): Song fragments recorded on a tagged juvenile humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) on a winter feeding ground at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA. Marine Mammal Science (e13110) 40 (3): 1-8, DOI: 10.1111/mms.13110, URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.13110

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