Status of Killer Whales, Orcinus orca, in Canada

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 676-701

  Baird, Robin W ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Canada; Cetacean; Epaulard; Killer Whale; Orcinus orca; Status; Sympatric populations

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WHALE;

CANADA;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; MAMMALIA; ORCINUS ORCA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0035480640     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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