Assessment of genetic structure among eastern North Pacific gray whales on their feeding grounds

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1473-1493

  Lang, Aimée R ^a,b   Calambokidis, John ^c   Scordino, Jonathan ^d   Pease, Victoria L ^a   Klimek, Amber ^c   Burkanov, Vladimir N ^e,f   Gearin, Pat ^f   Litovka, Dennis I ^g   Robertson, Kelly M ^a   Mate, Bruce R ^h   Jacobsen, Jeff K ⁱ   Taylor, Barbara L ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Ocean Associates Inc   (United States)

^c CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^d Marine Mammal Program Makah Fisheries Management Makah Tribe   (United States)

^e NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^f PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^g Marine Mammal Laboratory Chukotka Branch of FGUP TINRO   (Russian Federation)

^h OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic independence; Eschrichtius robustus; Gray whale; Microsatellites; Mitochondrial DNA; Population structure

Indexed keywords

FEEDING GROUND; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; IMMIGRATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; WHALE;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CALIFORNIA; CHUKCHI SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

ESCHRICHTIIDAE; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS;

EID: 84908376547     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mms.12129     Document Type: Article

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