Bryde's whale seasonal range expansion and increasing presence in the Southern California Bight from 2000 to 2010

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 65, Issue , 2012, Pages 125-132

  Kerosky, Sara M ^a   Širović, Ana ^a   Roche, Lauren K ^a   Baumann Pickering, Simone ^a   Wiggins, Sean M ^a   Hildebrand, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Balaenoptera edeni; Bryde's whale; Climate; Range expansion; Seasonality; Southern California Bight

Indexed keywords

BALAENOPTERA EDENI; BRYDE'S WHALE; CLIMATE; RANGE EXPANSION; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EXPANSION;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; CALLING BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; RANGE EXPANSION; RANGE SIZE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WARMING; WHALE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA EDENI; CETACEA; MYSTICETI;

EID: 84861000012     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.03.013     Document Type: Article

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