Aerial survey of Atlantic walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) in the Pechora Sea, August 2011

Polar Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1555-1562

  Lydersen, Christian ^a   Chernook, Vladimir I ^b   Glazov, Dmitri M ^c   Trukhanova, Irina S ^d   Kovacs, Kit M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b Research and Design Institute for Fishing Fleet Gyprorybflot   (Russian Federation)

^c SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^d ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arctic; Data deficient; Marine mammal; Oil development; Population size; Russian Red List

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; AERIAL SURVEY; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; COAST; DIGITAL IMAGE; HAULOUT BEHAVIOUR; INDUSTRIALIZATION; OIL PRODUCTION; PINNIPED; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; RED LIST;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; PECHORA SEA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ODOBENIDAE; ODOBENUS ROSMARUS ROSMARUS;

EID: 84866010627     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-012-1195-2     Document Type: Article

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