Birds and marine mammals in southwestern Foxe Basin, Nunavut, Canada

Polar Record

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-47

  Gaston, Anthony J ^a   Smith, Stephen A ^a   Saunders, Robert ^a   Storm, G Ilya ^a   Whitney, Jane A ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; BREEDING; FEEDING ECOLOGY; MARINE MAMMAL; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

CANADA; FOXE BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

AVES; BALAENIDAE; CEPPHUS GRYLLE; MAMMALIA; MONODON; ODOBENIDAE; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 33846498458     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: 14753057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247406005651     Document Type: Article

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