Observations of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Svalbard area 1940-2009

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 979-984

  Wiig, Øystein ^a   Bachmann, Lutz ^a   Øien, Nils ^b   Kovacs, Kit M ^c   Lydersen, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Balaena mysticetus; Barents Sea; Bowhead whale; Spitsbergen stock; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; MONITORING SYSTEM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEA ICE; SHIPPING; STOCK IDENTIFICATION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; WHALE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA;

EID: 77953870794     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0776-1     Document Type: Article

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