Nineteenth-century Ship-based Catches of Gray Whales, Eschrichtius robustus, in the Eastern North Pacific

Marine Fisheries Review

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-65

  Reeves, Randall R ^a   Smith, Tim D ^b   Lund, Judith N ^c   Lebo, Susan A ^d   Josephson, Elizabeth A ^e  

^a Okapi Wildlife Associates Canada   (Canada)

^b World Whaling History Project   (United States)

^c Applied Research in Environmental Science ^*  (United States)

^d Applied Research in Environmental Science   (United States)

^e Integrated Statistics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; FEEDING GROUND; GENETIC VARIATION; SURVIVAL; WHALE; WHALING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; BERING SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; MAGDALENA BAY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAN IGNACIO LAGOON;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS;

EID: 78649777314     PISSN: 00901830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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