Bowhead whales in the eastern Arctic, 1611-1911: Population reconstruction with historical whaling records

Environment and History

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-113

  Allen, Robert C ^a   Keay, Ian ^b  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bowhead whales; Historicalwhaling records; Marine mammal population estimation

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; WHALING;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33644554502     PISSN: 09673407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096734006776026791     Document Type: Article

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