Regional-scale mean copepod concentration indicates relative abundance of North Atlantic right whales

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 378, Issue , 2009, Pages 211-225

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

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^f NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^g NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Calanus finmarchicus; Cape Cod Bay; Centropages; Eubalaena glacialis; Great South Channel; Prey density; Pseudocalanus; Right whale

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; PREY AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE COD BAY; GREAT SOUTH CHANNEL; GULF OF MAINE; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

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

EID: 63649149803     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07832     Document Type: Article

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