Distribution and numbers of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in northwestern Hudson Bay in August 1995

Arctic

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-41

  Cosens, Susan E ^a   Innes, Stuart ^a  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerial survey; Bowhead whale; Distribution; Northwestern Hudson Bay; Stock size

Indexed keywords

HUNTING; POPULATION SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; WHALE;

CANADA;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA;

EID: 0034092843     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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