Distribution and abundance of West Greenland humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 263, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 343-358

  Larsen, Finn ^a,c   Hammond, Philip S ^b  

^a Greenland Institute for Natural Resources   (Greenland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abundance; Distribution; Humpback whales; Mark recapture; Megaptera novaeangliae; West Greenland

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WHALE;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 3543105591     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095283690400531X     Document Type: Review

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