Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) population identity in the western Mediterranean Sea

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 325-344

  Castellote, Manuel ^a,d   Clark, Christopher W ^b   Lammers, Marc O ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Oceanwide Science Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Balaenoptera physalus; Bioacoustics; Mediterranean fin whale; North Atlantic fin whale; Population identity

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBPOPULATION; WHALE;

ALBORAN SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS;

EID: 84857438956     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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