Environmental correlates of blue and fin whale call detections in the North Pacific Ocean from 1997 to 2002

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 395, Issue , 2009, Pages 37-53

  Stafford, Kathleen M ^a   Citta, John J ^b   Moore, Sue E ^c   Daher, Mary Ann ^d   George, Joseph E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Blue whale; Fin whale; North pacific; Oceanography

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; CALLING BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WHALE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA;

EID: 73449098929     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08362     Document Type: Article

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