The peculiarities of foraging migrations of the Korean-Okhotsk gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) population in russian waters of the Far Eastern seas

Russian Journal of Marine Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-124

  Tyurneva, O Yu ^a   Yakovlev, Yu M ^a   Vertyankin, V V ^b   Selin, N I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b SevVostokRybvod   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Distribution; Gray whale; Kamchatka; Oil gas projects; Photo ID; Piltun; Sakhalin

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; WHALE;

KAMCHATKA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHALIN;

CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS;

EID: 77952300948     PISSN: 10630740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1063074010020069     Document Type: Article

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