Evidence of a decline in beluga, Delphinapterus leucas, abundance off West Greenland

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-72

  Heide Jørgensen, Mads Peter ^a   Reeves, Randall R ^b  

^a Marine Mammal Section   (Denmark)

^b Okapi Wildlife Associates Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerial survey; Beluga; Delphinapterus cas; West Greenland

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; AERIAL SURVEYS; BELUGA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; STOCK SIZE;

(WEST); GREENLAND;

DELPHINAPTERUS; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; LEUCAS;

EID: 0029667798     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1996.0006     Document Type: Article

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