Recent status of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, in the wintering grounds off West Greenland

Polar Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-125

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

^a Okapi Wildlife Associates Canada   (Canada)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOWHEAD WHALE; POPULATION NUMBER; POPULATION SIZE; STOCK RECOVERY; WHALING; WINTERING GROUND; WINTERING GROUNDS;

GREENLAND, (WEST);

BALAENA MYSTICETUS;

EID: 0030441211     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.1996.tb00463.x     Document Type: Article

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