Listening for large whales in the offshore waters of Alaska

BioScience

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-55

  Moore, Sue E ^a   Stafford, Kathleen M ^b   Mellinger, David K ^c   Hildebrand, John A ^d  

^a NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Alaska; Recorders; Remote sensing; Whales

Indexed keywords

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS; MAMMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 30544447308     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2006)056[0049:LFLWIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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