Summer and fall habitat of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) inferred from satellite telemetry

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 527-543

  Baumgartner, Mark F ^a,b   Mate, Bruce R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SITE FIDELITY; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; BALAENIDAE; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CETACEA; COPEPODA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS;

EID: 21344432569     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f04-238     Document Type: Article

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