Gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) off Sakhalin Island, Russia: Seasonal and annual patterns of occurrence

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1208-1227

  Weller, David W ^a,e   Würsig, Bernd ^a   Bradford, Amanda L ^a,e   Burdin, Alexander M ^b   Blokhin, Sergey A ^c   Minakuchi, Hiroya ^d   Brownell Jr , Robert L ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kamchatka Inst Ecol and Nat Mgmt   (Russian Federation)

^c Pacific Fisheries Research Center   (Russian Federation)

^d CETUS   (Japan)

^e SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Eschrichtius robustus; Occurrence patterns; Okhotsk Sea; Photo identification; Russia; Site fidelity; Western gray whale

Indexed keywords

FEEDING GROUND; SEASONALITY; SITE FIDELITY; WHALE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHALIN ISLAND; SEA OF OKHOTSK;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS;

EID: 0345493805     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00886.x     Document Type: Article

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