Influence of thermal fronts on habitat selection by four rorqual whale species in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 335, Issue , 2007, Pages 207-216

  Doniol Valcroze, Thomas ^a,b,c   Berteaux, Dominique ^c   Larouche, Pierre ^d   Sears, Richard ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MINGAN ISLAND CETACEAN STUDY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^d MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blue whale; Finback whale; Gulf of St. Lawrence; Habitat selection; Humpback whale; Minke whale; Sea surface temperature; Thermal fronts

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING MECHANISM; HABITAT SELECTION; OCEANIC FRONT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; BALAENOPTERIDAE; CETACEA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 34249041292     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps335207     Document Type: Article

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