Sex-specific survival in the humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 400, Issue , 2010, Pages 267-276

  Ramp, Christian ^a,b   Bérubé, Martine ^c   Palsbøll, Per ^c   Hagen, Wilhelm ^b   Sears, Richard ^a  

^a MINGAN ISLAND CETACEAN STUDY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gulf of St. Lawrence; Humpback whale; Mark recapture models; Mating strategies; Sex specific survival

Indexed keywords

LACTATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SURVIVAL; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; MYSTICETI;

EID: 77749335683     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08426     Document Type: Article

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