Summer distribution patterns of southern resident killer whales Orcinus orca: Core areas and spatial segregation of social groups

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 351, Issue , 2007, Pages 301-310

  Hauser, Donna D W ^a   Logsdon, Miles G ^b   Holmes, Elizabeth E ^c   Vanblaricom, Glenn R ^a   Osborne, Richard W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d The Whale Museum   (United States)

Author keywords

Core area; Distribution; Kernel density; Orcinus orca; Social structure; Southern resident killer whale; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; WHALE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

CETACEA; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 38349002773     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07117     Document Type: Article

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