Cetacean occurrence patterns in the Amundsen and southern Bellingshausen sea sector, southern ocean

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 287-305

  Ainley, David G ^a   Dugger, Katie M ^b   Toniolo, Viola ^c   Gaffney, Ian ^d  

^a H T HARVEY AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amundsen Sea; Balaenoptera bonaerensis; Bellingshausen Sea; Cetacean abundance; Cetacean ecology; Killer whale; Marginal ice zone; Minke whale; Orcinus orca; Polynya; Sea ice; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CETACEAN; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; SEA ICE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; WHALING;

AMUNDSEN SEA; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA BONAERENSIS; CETACEA; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 33947621183     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.00109.x     Document Type: Article

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