Spring distribution and density of minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata along an offshore Bank in the central North Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 408, Issue , 2010, Pages 265-274

  De Boer, Marijke N ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central North Sea; Density; Distribution; Line transect survey; Minke whale; Offshore bank; Platform of opportunity; Relative abundance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; FEEDING GROUND; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; LINE TRANSECT; POPULATION DENSITY; PREY AVAILABILITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA;

EID: 77954094840     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08598     Document Type: Article

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