Migratory movements and surfacing rates of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) satellite tagged at Socorro Island, Mexico

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 815-830

  Lagerquist, Barbara A ^a   Mate, Bruce R ^a   Ortega Ortiz, Joel G ^a   Winsor, Martha ^a   Urbán Ramirez, Jorge ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alaska; British Columbia; Humpback whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; Migration; Revillagigedo Archipelago; Satellite telemetry

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BIOTELEMETRY; FEEDING GROUND; MIGRATION ROUTE; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUBPOPULATION; TAGGING; WHALE;

ALASKA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; COLIMA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; REVILLAGIGEDO ISLANDS; SOCORRO [REVILLAGIGEDO ISLANDS]; UNITED STATES;

CETACEA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 54349097811     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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