Cetacean distribution and abundance in relation to oceanographic domains on the eastern Bering Sea shelf: 1999-2004

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 65-70, Issue , 2012, Pages 260-272

  Friday, Nancy A ^a   Waite, Janice M ^a   Zerbini, Alexandre N ^a,b   Moore, Sue E ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Cetaceans; Distribution; Eastern Bering Sea shelf; Spatial variations; Temporal variations

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BERING SEA; CETACEANS; DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ECOSYSTEMS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); MAMMALS; SURVEYS;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CETACEAN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; HABITAT SELECTION; HARBOR; LINE TRANSECT; NOAA SATELLITE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ALASKA; ALASKA PENINSULA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; BERING SEA; BRISTOL BAY; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; MYSTICETI; PHOCOENA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE; PHOCOENOIDES DALLI; POLLACHIUS;

EID: 84861571183     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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