Chilean blue whales off Isla Grande de Chiloe, 2004-2010: Distribution, site-fidelity and behaviour

Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 353-360

  Vernazzani, Bárbara Galletti ^a   Carlson, Carole A ^a,b   Cabrera, Elsa ^a   Brownell, Robert L ^c  

^a Centro de Conservacion Cetacea CCC   (Chile)

^b Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue Whale; Distribution; Feeding; Index of Abundance; Pacific Ocean; Photo Id; Site Fidelity; Social; South America

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COLLISION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESEARCH PROGRAM; RESEARCH VESSEL; RETURN PERIOD; SITE FIDELITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WHALE;

CHACAO CHANNEL; CHILE; CHILOE ISLAND; LOS LAGOS;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA;

EID: 84871802450     PISSN: 15610713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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