Spatial patterns of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) sightings and survey effort: Insight into North Atlantic population structure

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 161-175

  Vigness Raposa, Kathleen J ^a,b   Kenney, Robert D ^c   Gonzalez, M Liliana ^d   August, Peter V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Marine Acoustics Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d University of Rhode Island   (United States)

Author keywords

Humpback whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; North Atlantic Ocean; Point processes; Population structure; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FEEDING GROUND; GENETIC ANALYSIS; OCEAN BASIN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 73349090911     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2009.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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