Abundance and mortality of gray whales at Laguna San Ignacio, Mexico, during the 1997-98 El Niño and the 1998-99 La Niña

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 439-446

  Jorge Urban R ^a   Alejandro Gomez Gallardo U ^a   Ludwig, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Distribution; El Ni o; Gray whale; La Ni a; Laguna San Ignacio; Mortality; Pen nsula de Baja California

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; MORTALITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WHALE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR STATE; IGNACIO LAGOON; MEXICO;

EID: 0142092341     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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