Blue whale visual and acoustic encounter rates in the southern California bight

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 574-597

  Oleson, Erin M ^a   Calambokidis, John ^b   Barlow, Jay ^c   Hildebrand, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic survey; Balaenoptera musculus; Blue whale; Encounter rate; Feeding ground; Visual survey

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; CALLING BEHAVIOR; ENCOUNTER RATE; FEEDING GROUND; SEASONAL VARIATION; VISUAL ANALYSIS; WHALE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA;

EID: 34250375681     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.02303.x     Document Type: Article

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