An ocean-basin-wide mark-recapture study of the North Atlantic humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-32

  Smith, T D ^a   Allen, J ^b   Clapham, P J ^a,c   Hammond, P S ^k   Katona, S ^b   Larsen, F ^d,i   Lien, J ^e   Mattila, D ^c   PalsbOll P J ^f,j   Sigurjonsson J ^g   Stevick, P T ^b   Oien N ^h  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Policy and Design   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES   (United States)

^d GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^e MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

^h INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

ⁱ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^j UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^k NONE

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Author keywords

Abundance; Capture recapture; Genetic analysis; Genotypic identification; Individual recognition; Megaptera novaeangliae; Migration; North Atlantic Ocean; Photographic identification; Sex ratio; Skin biopsy

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; WHALE;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 0032891937     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00779.x     Document Type: Article

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