Unusual gray whale Eschrichtius robustus feeding in the summer of 2005 off the central Oregon coast

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Newell, Carrie L ^a   Cowles, Timothy J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; MAMMALS;

GRAY WHALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIT;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WHALE;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

ACANTHOMYSIS SCULPTA; CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS; MYSIDA;

EID: 34548593244     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027189     Document Type: Article

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