Whales of the Inuvialuit settlement region in Canada's Western Arctic: An overview and outlook

Arctic

Volumn 55, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 77-93

  Harwood, Lois A ^a   Smith, Thomas G ^a  

^a Box 1871 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Beaufort Sea; Beluga; Bowhead; Migration; Stock status; Subsistence hunting

Indexed keywords

HUNTING; MIGRATION; MONITORING; SUSTAINABILITY; WHALE;

AMUNDSEN SEA; BEAUFORT SEA;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; LEUCAS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036292525     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic736     Document Type: Review

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