Acoustic occurrence and affiliation of fin whales detected in the northeastern Chukchi Sea, July to October 2007 - 10

Arctic

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 159-172

  Delarue, Julien ^a   Martin, Bruce ^a   Hannay, David ^b   Berchok, Catherine L ^c  

^a JASCO Applied Sciences   (Canada)

^b JASCO Applied Sciences   (Canada)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balaenoptera physalus; Chukchi Sea; Detection; Distribution; Fin whale; Passive acoustic monitoring; Song; Stock assessment

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARRAY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; WHALE; WHALING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA; GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS;

EID: 84878784171     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: 19231245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic4287     Document Type: Article

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