Habitat partitioning and the influence of benthic topography and oceanography on the distribution of fin and minke whales in the Bay of Fundy, Canada

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 149-156

  Ingram, Simon N ^a   Walshe, Laura ^a   Johnston, Dave ^b   Rogan, Emer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BAY OF FUNDY; BOWEN BASIN; CAMPOBELLO ISLAND; CANADA; GRAND MANAN ARCHIPELAGO; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; QUEENSLAND;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA;

EID: 33847352953     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407054884     Document Type: Article

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