Distribution and abundance of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) and other marine mammals off the northern Washington coast

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 563-580

  Calambokidis, John ^a   Steiger, Gretchen H ^a   Ellifrit, David K ^a   Troutman, Barry L ^b   Bowlby, C Edward ^c  

^a CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^c NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MARINE MAMMAL; MOVEMENT; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; WHALE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CALLORHINUS URSINUS; CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; ELEPHANT; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; MIROUNGA; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; ORCINUS ORCA; PHOCIDAE; PHOCOENIDAE; PHOCOENOIDES DALLI; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 7244253069     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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