An assessment of Greenland walrus populations

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 266-284

  Witting, Lars ^a   Born, Erik W ^a  

^a GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Density regulation; Greenland; Marine mammal; Modelling; Odobenus rosmarus; Population dynamics; Sustainable exploitation; Walrus

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; OVERFISHING; PINNIPED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY [ARCTIC OCEAN]; GREENLAND; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

MAMMALIA; ODOBENUS ROSMARUS; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 13844299725     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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