Relative abundance of large whales around South Georgia (1979-1998)

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1287-1302

  Moore, M J ^a   Berrow, S D ^b   Jensen, B A ^a   Carr, P ^c   Sears, R ^d   Rowntree, V J ^e   Payne, R ^e   Hamilton, P K ^f  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c South Georgia Museum   (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)

^d MINGAN ISLAND CETACEAN STUDY   (Canada)

^e Whale Conservation Institute   (United States)

^f NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Right whale; South Georgia; Survey; Whale; Whaling

Indexed keywords

POPULATION ESTIMATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; WHALE;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BALAENIDAE; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUBALAENA AUSTRALIS; EUPHAUSIACEA; PHOCIDAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 0032694741     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00891.x     Document Type: Article

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