Arctic sea ice trends and narwhal vulnerability

Biological Conservation

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 509-517

  Laidre, Kristin L ^a,c   Heide Jørgensen, Mads Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^c NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate change; Global warming; Narwhal; Risk assessment; Sea ice; Site fidelity; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA ICE; VULNERABILITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY [ARCTIC OCEAN];

CETACEA; MONODON; MONODON MONOCEROS;

EID: 4444243911     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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