Timing of migratory baleen whales at the azores in relation to the north atlantic spring bloom

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 440, Issue , 2011, Pages 267-279

  Visser, Fleur ^a,b,c   Hartman, Karin L ^b,d   Pierce, Graham J ^e,f   Valavanis, Vasilis D ^g   Huisman, Jef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Nova Atlantis Foundation   (Portugal)

^c Kelp Marine Research   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^e Instituto Español de Oceanografía Subida a Radio Faro   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^g INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Azores; Balaenopteridae; Baleen whales; Feeding area; North Atlantic Ocean; Phytoplankton spring bloom; Satellite remote sensing; Whale migration

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATE (TIME); FEEDING GROUND; GYRE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA BOREALIS; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; BALAENOPTERIDAE; CETACEA; EUPHAUSIACEA; MEGANYCTIPHANES NORVEGICA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; MYSTICETI;

EID: 80055075488     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09349     Document Type: Article

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