Population size of humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, in waters off the Pacific coast of Mexico

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1017-1024

  Urbán, Jorge ^a   Alvarez, Carlos F ^b   Salinas, Mario Z ^b   Jacobsen, Jeff ^c   Balcomb III, Kenneth C ^d   Jaramillo, Armando L ^a   Ladrón De Guevara, Paloma P ^b   Aguayo, Anelio L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Center for Whale Research ^*  (United States)

^d CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEXICO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WHALE;

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; WHALE;

MEXICO; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 0032759679     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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