Influences of underwater bottom topography and geomorphology on minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) distribution in the Mingan Islands (Canada)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 889-896

  Naud, Marie José ^a,b   Long, Bernard ^c   Brêthes, Jean Claude ^b   Sears, Richard ^a  

^a MINGAN ISLAND CETACEAN STUDY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; DEPTH; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WHALE;

CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042763690     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315403008002h     Document Type: Article

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