Historic and current habitat use by North Pacific right whales Eubalaena japonica in the Bering Sea and gulf of Alaska

Mammal Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-155

  Shelden, Kim E W ^a   Moore, Sue E ^a   Waite, Janice M ^a   Wade, Paul R ^a   Rugh, David J ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Distribution; Endangered; Marine mammal; Oceanography; Prey

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT USE; HISTORICAL RECORD; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; WHALE;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; BERING SEA; GULF OF ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; COPEPODA; EUBALAENA JAPONICA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 21244499278     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2005.00065.x     Document Type: Article

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