Using the Continuous Plankton Recorder to investigate the absence of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) from the Roseway Basin foraging ground

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1685-1695

  Patrician, Melissa R ^a   Kenney, Robert D ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Calanus finmarchicus; Continuous Plankton Recorder; Eubalaena glacialis; habitat requirements; Roseway Basin

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADVECTION; CRUSTACEAN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; SALINITY; WATER COLUMN; WHALE; ZOOPLANKTON;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

BALAENIDAE; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CETACEA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS;

EID: 78149463737     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq073     Document Type: Article

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