Coherence between 19th century sperm whale distributions and satellite- derived pigments in the tropical pacific

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 145, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 1-10

  Jaquet, Nathalie ^a   Whitehead, Hal ^a   Lewis, Marion ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll concentration; Distribution; Satellite imagery; Spatial scale; Sperm whale; Temporal lag

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLLS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PIGMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE SENSING; SPERM WHALE;

PACIFIC, (TROPICAL);

PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS;

EID: 0030302186     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps145001     Document Type: Article

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