Movements of gray whales between the western and eastern North Pacific

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 193-199

  Weller, David W ^a   Klimek, Amber ^b   Bradford, Amanda L ^c   Calambokidis, John ^b   Lang, Aimee R ^a   Gisborne, Brian ^d   Burdin, Alexander M ^e   Szaniszlo, Wendy ^f   Urbán, Jorge ^g   Unzueta, Alejandro Gómez Gallardo ^g   Swartz, Steven ^h   Brownell, Robert L ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^c PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Juan de Fuca Express   (Canada)

^e PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^f Cetacean Research Associates ^*  (Canada)

^g UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^h Cetacean Research Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Gray whale; Movement patterns; Pacific ocean

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; WHALE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHALIN; SAKHALIN ISLAND; SAN IGNACIO LAGOON; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 84870357525     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00447     Document Type: Article

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