"Balaenoptera" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of WHALES in the family Balaenopteridae, consisting of five species: Blue Whale, Bryde's Whale, FIN WHALE, Sei Whale, and MINKE WHALE. They are distinguished by a relatively slender body, a compressed tail stock, and a pointed snout.
| Descriptor ID |
D050616
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.313.875.865.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Sei Whale- Sei Whale
- Sei Whales
- Balaenoptera borealis
Blue Whale- Blue Whale
- Blue Whales
- Balaenoptera musculus
Bryde's Whale- Bryde's Whale
- Bryde Whale
- Brydes Whale
- Balaenoptera brydei
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Balaenoptera" by people in Profiles.
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Defining priority areas for blue whale conservation and investigating overlap with vessel traffic in Chilean Patagonia, using a fast-fitting movement model. Sci Rep. 2021 02 01; 11(1):2709.
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Memory and resource tracking drive blue whale migrations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 03 19; 116(12):5582-5587.
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A Dynamic State Model of Migratory Behavior and Physiology to Assess the Consequences of Environmental Variation and Anthropogenic Disturbance on Marine Vertebrates. Am Nat. 2018 02; 191(2):E40-E56.
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Spatial and temporal occurrence of blue whales off the U.S. West Coast, with implications for management. PLoS One. 2014; 9(7):e102959.