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Squid mandibles from the stomachs of sperm whales (physeter catodon l.) captured in the cook strait region of New Zealand |
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| Authors: | D. E. Gaskin M. W. Cawthorn |
| Affiliation: | 1. Fisheries Research Division, Marine Department , Wellington;2. Zoology Department , Massey University , Palmerston North;3. Fisheries Research Board of Canada Arctic Unit , P.O. Box 400, Ste Anne de Bellevue, P.Q., Canada |
| Abstract: | The lower mandibles of squid in the stomachs of two sperm whales examined at the Tory Channel whaling station in 1963–4 were separated into 11 types according to a system of grouping devised by the authors and based on a key drawn up by M. R. Clarke. |
| Keywords: | geographical distribution pathogens amoebae thermal springs water temperature temperature tolerance Naegleria Acanthamoeba environmental factors limiting factors Rotorua Hamilton Gisborne health districts New Zealand soil microbiology bacteria |