Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program: 1997-2002, Final Environmental Impact Statement, Volume 1U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, 1996 |
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... feeding areas . No mortality of minke whales is likely as a result of accidental oil spills . Any changes in numbers or distribution should last no more than a few months . An oil spill occurring in the vicinity of one or more major ...
... feeding areas . No mortality of minke whales is likely as a result of accidental oil spills . Any changes in numbers or distribution should last no more than a few months . An oil spill occurring in the vicinity of one or more major ...
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... feeding fish , shellfish , and sediments at coastal and estuarine sites located along the Gulf of Mexico ( U.S Department of Commerce , 1992c ) . Site selection attempted to be random and representative of general conditions in ...
... feeding fish , shellfish , and sediments at coastal and estuarine sites located along the Gulf of Mexico ( U.S Department of Commerce , 1992c ) . Site selection attempted to be random and representative of general conditions in ...
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... feeding with their mouths agape ( Watkins and Schevill , 1976 ) . The northern right whale is one of the world's most endangered whales . The western North Atlantic population ( numbering 300-350 individuals ) ranges primarily between ...
... feeding with their mouths agape ( Watkins and Schevill , 1976 ) . The northern right whale is one of the world's most endangered whales . The western North Atlantic population ( numbering 300-350 individuals ) ranges primarily between ...
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... feeding in higher latitudes during spring , summer , and autumn , and migrating to a winter range over shallow tropical banks , where they calve and presumably conceive ( Leatherwood and Reeves , 1983 ) . Humpbacks are adaptable lunge ...
... feeding in higher latitudes during spring , summer , and autumn , and migrating to a winter range over shallow tropical banks , where they calve and presumably conceive ( Leatherwood and Reeves , 1983 ) . Humpbacks are adaptable lunge ...
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... feeding predominantly on mesopelagic fish and squid or deep - water benthic invertebrates ( Heyning , 1989 ; Mead , 1989 ) . The family Delphinidae is taxonomically broad and includes all remaining species of non - endangered toothed ...
... feeding predominantly on mesopelagic fish and squid or deep - water benthic invertebrates ( Heyning , 1989 ; Mead , 1989 ) . The family Delphinidae is taxonomically broad and includes all remaining species of non - endangered toothed ...
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