Behavioural estimation of blue whale movements in the Northeast Pacific from state-space model analysis of satellite tracks

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-106

  Bailey, Helen ^a   Mate, Bruce R ^b   Palacios, Daniel M ^a,c   Irvine, Ladd ^b   Bograd, Steven J ^a   Costa, Daniel P ^d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Area restricted search; Baja California; Balaenoptera musculus; Eastern tropical Pacific; First passage time; Foraging; Migration; Satellite telemetry

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING SITE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TELEMETRY; WHALE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; COSTA RICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA; MYSTICETI;

EID: 77952298212     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00239     Document Type: Article

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