Visual and acoustic surveys for North Atlantic right whales, Eubalaena glacialis, in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, 2001-2005: Management implications

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 837-854

  Clark, Christopher W ^a   Brown, Moira W ^b   Corkeron, Peter ^a  

^a Johnson Center for Birds and Biodiversity   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic monitoring; Aerial survey; Detection; Eubalaena glacialis; North Atlantic right whale

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; BIOACOUSTICS; DETECTION METHOD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INJURY; MORTALITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VISUAL ANALYSIS; WHALE;

CAPE COD BAY; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS;

EID: 78649489301     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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