Statistical modeling of North Atlantic right whale migration along the mid-Atlantic region of the eastern seaboard of the United States

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 221-232

  Firestone, Jeremy ^a   Lyons, Shannon B ^a   Wang, Chengfeng ^a   Corbett, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Entanglements; Eubalaena glacialis; Quantitative analysis; Seasonal movements; Statistical prediction; Vessel strikes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MITIGATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL TIME; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS;

EID: 36549022477     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.09.024     Document Type: Article

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