Survival of adult blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 319, Issue , 2006, Pages 287-295

  Ramp, Christian ^a,b   Bérubé, Martine ^c   Hagen, Wilhelm ^b   Sears, Richard ^a  

^a MINGAN ISLAND CETACEAN STUDY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue whale; Modelling transients; Survival rate; Trap dependence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; SURVIVAL; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; NORTH AMERICA;

BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA;

EID: 33748966262     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps319287     Document Type: Article

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