Spring partitioning of Disko Bay, West Greenland, by Arctic and Subarctic baleen whales

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1226-1233

  Laidre, Kristin L ^a   Heide Jorgensen, Mads Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Arctic; bowhead whale; Greenland; humpback whale; interspecies interactions; migration

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BASELINE CONDITIONS; HABITAT USE; ICE BREAKUP; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; PHENOLOGY; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEA ICE; SUBARCTIC REGION; TAGGING; WHALE;

ARCTIC; DISKO BAY; GREENLAND;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; MYSTICETI;

EID: 84865500015     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss095     Document Type: Article

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