Trends in sea ice cover within habitats used by bowhead whales in the western Arctic

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 932-944

  Moore, Sue E ^a   Laidre, Kristin L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Balaena mysticetus; Beaufort Sea; Bering Sea; Bowhead whale; Chukchi Sea; Climate change; Ecological scale; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ICE; SEA WATER;

ICE COVER; OPEN WATER; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEA ICE; WHALE;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BOWHEAD WHALE; ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BOWHEAD WHALE; ENVIRONMENT; ICE; SEAWATER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; BERING SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; EURASIA; MAGADAN [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; PACIFIC OCEAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WRANGEL ISLAND;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA;

EID: 33746006861     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[0932:TISICW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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