Catches of humpback and other whales from shore stations at Moss Landing and Trinidad, California, 1919-1926

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 368-394

  Clapham, Phillip J ^a,d   Leatherwood, Stephen ^b   Szczepaniak, Isidore ^c   Brownell Jr , Robert L ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Ocean Park Conservation Foundation   (Hong Kong)

^c CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Fin whale; Humpback whale; North Pacific; Population structure; Prey; Reproduction; Sei whale; Whaling

Indexed keywords

BALAENIDAE; BALAENOPTERA BOREALIS; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; BRYOPHYTA; CETACEA; CLUPEIDAE; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; EUPHAUSIIDAE; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; PHYSETERIDAE; ZIPHIIDAE; BERARDIUS BAIRDII; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS; PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS;

1919-1926; ABUNDANCE; CATCH DATA; HUMPBACK WHALE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREY; WHALING STATION; WHALING STATISTICS;

USA, CALIFORNIA, MOSS LANDING; USA, CALIFORNIA, TRINIDAD;

EID: 0030618496     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1997.tb00646.x     Document Type: Article

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