Bowhead whales in East Greenland, summers 2006-2008

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1805-1809

  Boertmann, David ^a   Merkel, Flemming ^b   Durinck, Jan ^c  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^c Marine Observers ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus; Greenland Sea; Spitsbergen stock

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894231848     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0690-6     Document Type: Article

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