The forgotten whale: A bibliometric analysis and literature review of the North Atlantic sei whale Balaenoptera borealis

Mammal Review

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 235-272

  Prieto, Rui ^a   Janiger, David ^b   Silva, Mónica A ^a,c   Waring, Gordon T ^d   Gonçalves, João M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Balaenopteridae; Feeding ecology; Human interactions; Population biology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FEEDING GROUND; LITERATURE REVIEW; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84862624098     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2011.00195.x     Document Type: Review

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