High gray whale relative abundances associated with an oceanographic front in the south-central Chukchi Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 23-26, 2007, Pages 2919-2933

  Bluhm, B A ^a   Coyle, K O ^a   Konar, B ^a   Highsmith, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Chukchi Sea; Distribution; Fronts; Gray whale; Prey; Relative abundance

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

CHUKCHI SEA; FRONTS; GRAY WHALE; PREYS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

MAMMALS;

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INDEX METHOD; OCEANIC FRONT; PREY AVAILABILITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; WHALE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA;

AMPELISCIDAE; AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; BOREOGADUS; CETACEA; CHAETOGNATHA; ECHINODERMATA; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS;

EID: 36749085054     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.08.015     Document Type: Article

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