Using barnacle and pigmentation characteristics to identify gray whale calves on their feeding grounds

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 644-651

  Bradford, Amanda L ^a   Weller, David W ^b   Burdin, Alexander M ^c,d   Brownell Jr , Robert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^d ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FEEDING GROUND; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PIGMENT; WHALE;

CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; THORACICA;

EID: 79960395604     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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