Geographic variation in Northwest Atlantic fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) song: Implications for stock structure assessment

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1774-1782

  Delarue, Julien ^a   Todd, Sean K ^b   Van Parijs, Sofie M ^c   Di Iorio, Lucia ^d  

^a Maritime Museum of the Atlantic   (Canada)

^b Northeast Fisheries Science Center ^*  (United States)

^c NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATUM; ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; CHEMICAL SIGNATURES; CLASSIFICATION TREES; CONSERVATION UNITS; COST-EFFICIENT; GEOGRAPHIC AREAS; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL SCALE; GULF OF MAINE; INTERPULSE INTERVALS; MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES; MARINE MAMMALS; NORTHWEST ATLANTIC; SONG STRUCTURES;

MAMMALS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

ANIMALS; FIN WHALE; GEOGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 62249205132     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3068454     Document Type: Article

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