Model-based estimates of right whale habitat use in the Gulf of Maine

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 378, Issue , 2009, Pages 245-257

  Pershing, Andrew J ^a,b   Record, Nicholas R ^a,b   Monger, Bruce C ^c   Mayo, Charles A ^d   Brown, Moira W ^d,e   Cole, Timothy V N ^f   Kenney, Robert D ^g   Pendleton, Daniel E ^a,b,c   Woodard, Linda A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES   (United States)

^e NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^f NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Calanus finmarchicus; Eubalaena glacialis; Gulf of Maine; Model; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRUSTACEAN; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FEEDING GROUND; HABITAT USE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREAT SOUTH CHANNEL; GULF OF MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BALAENIDAE; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CETACEA; COPEPODA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS;

EID: 63649085047     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07829     Document Type: Article

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