Gray whale distribution relative to forage habitat in the northern Bering Sea: Current conditions and retrospective summary

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 734-742

  Moore, Sue E ^a   Grebmeier, Jacqueline M ^b   Davies, Jeremy R ^c  

^a National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA REDUCTION;

FAUNA;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; WHALE;

BERING SEA;

AMPHIPODA; CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038267183     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-043     Document Type: Article

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