Tracing migratory movements of breeding North Pacific humpback whales using stable isotope analysis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 393, Issue , 2009, Pages 173-183

  Witteveen, Briana H ^a,c   Worthy, Graham A J ^a,b   Roth, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SeaWorld Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification tree analysis; Megaptera novaeangliae; Migration; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGIONAL PATTERN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; STABLE ISOTOPE; WHALE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ANIMALIA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 70450181242     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08231     Document Type: Article

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