Carcasses on the coastline: Measuring the ecological fidelity of the cetacean stranding record in the eastern North Pacific Ocean

Paleobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 453-480

  Pyenson, Nicholas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COAST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOSSIL RECORD; INVERTEBRATE; PALEOECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STRANDING; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY; TRANSECT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

CETACEA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955589712     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/09018.1     Document Type: Article

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