Recaptures of genotyped bowhead whales Balaena mysticetus in eastern Canada and West Greenland

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 235-242

  Wiig, O ^a   Heide Jorgensen M P ^b   Lindqvist, C ^c   Laidre, K L ^b,d   Postma, L D ^e   Dueck, L ^e   Palsboll P J ^f,g   Bachmann, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Balaena mysticetus; Bowhead whale; Genotyping; Mark recapture; Recapture; Stock structure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CYCLICITY; GENOTYPE; MIGRATION; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; WHALE;

ARCTIC; CANADA; GREENLAND;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA;

EID: 80054757510     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00365     Document Type: Article

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