Abundance and mtDNA differentiation of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Shumagin Islands, Alaska

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1352-1359

  Witteveen, Briana H ^a   Straley, Janice M ^a   Von Ziegesar, Olga ^b   Steel, D ^c   Baker, C Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Eye of the Whale   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DNA; PHOTOGRAPHY; RESEARCH; SAMPLING; SKIN; TISSUE;

COASTAL WATERS; MARK-RECAPTURE ANALYSIS; MIGRATORY DESTINATIONS; SMALL-BOAT SURVEYS;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; WHALE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; SHUMAGIN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CETACEA; HAWAIIA; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 12744279724     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-120     Document Type: Review

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