A calf index for monitoring reproductive success in the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Seas bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) population

Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-106

  Koski, W R ^a   Zeh, J ^b   George, J C ^c  

^a LGL LIMITED   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Beaufort sea; Birth rate; Bowhead whale; Calves; Chukchi sea; Northern hemisphere; Photogrammetry; Population parameters; Reproduction; Survey Aerial

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; JUVENILE; MONITORING; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WHALE;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; BERING SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; POINT BARROW; UNITED STATES;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA;

EID: 67649550553     PISSN: 15610713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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