Abundance of fin whales in West Greenland in 2007

Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 83-88

  Heide Jorgensen M P ^a   Laidre, K L ^a,b   Simon, M ^a   Burt, M L ^c   Borchers, D L ^c   Rasmussen, M ^d  

^a GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATE; FIN WHALE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SURVEY AERIAL; WEST GREENLAND

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL ZONE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FEEDING GROUND; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PERCEPTION; SAMPLING; WHALE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY [ARCTIC OCEAN]; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA;

EID: 79952675726     PISSN: 15610713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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