Population spatial structuring on the feeding grounds in North Atlantic humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 270, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 244-255

  Stevick, P T ^a,b   Allen, J ^c   Clapham, P J ^d   Katona, S K ^c   Larsen, F ^e,m   Lien, J ^f   Mattila, D K ^g   Palsboll P J ^h,n   Sears, R ⁱ   Sigurjonsson J ^j   Smith, T D ^k   Vikingsson, G ^j   Oien N ^l   Hammond, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b HEBRIDEAN WHALE AND DOLPHIN TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Policy and Design   (United States)

^d NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^e Greenland Institute for Natural Resources   (Greenland)

^f MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^g CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ MINGAN ISLAND CETACEAN STUDY   (Canada)

^j MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

^k NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^l INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^m TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Foraging; Movement; Site fidelity

Indexed keywords

DELAMINATION; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC MARKER; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; WHALE;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GREENLAND; GULF OF MAINE; NORTH AMERICA;

AMMODYTES MARINUS; CETACEA; CLUPEIDAE; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 33748705186     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00128.x     Document Type: Article

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