Diel variation in migration rates of eastern Pacific gray whales measured with thermal imaging sensors

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 426-445

  Perryman, Wayne L ^a   Donahue, Meghan A ^a   Laake, Jeffrey L ^b   Martin, Thomas E ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Cetacean; Detection; Eschrichtius robustus; Gray whale; Infrared; Migration; Thermal sensor

Indexed keywords

DIEL VARIATION; MIGRATION; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; WHALE;

(EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS;

EID: 0032808633     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00811.x     Document Type: Article

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