Habitat use of humpback whales in Godthaabsfjord, West Greenland, with implications for commercial exploitation

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1529-1538

  Boye, Tenna Kragh ^a   Simon, Malene ^a,b   Madsen, Peter Teglberg ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

habitat use; humpback whale; photo identification; site fidelity; theodolite tracking; whale watching

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; MEGAPTERA;

EID: 77954387760     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410000755     Document Type: Article

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