Ecological characteristics of core-use areas used by Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort (BCB) bowhead whales, 2006-2012

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 136, Issue , 2015, Pages 201-222

  Citta, John J ^a   Quakenbush, Lori T ^a   Okkonen, Stephen R ^b   Druckenmiller, Matthew L ^c   Maslowski, Wieslaw ^d   Clement Kinney, Jaclyn ^d   George, John C ^e   Brower, Harry ^e   Small, Robert J ^a   Ashjian, Carin J ^f   Harwood, Lois A ^g   Heide Jørgensen, Mads Peter ^h  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c CIRES ^*  (United States)

^d NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^f WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^g FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^h GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; FEEDING; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; SEA ICE; SEAWATER; WIND;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; CALANOID COPEPODS; ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HYDROGRAPHIC CONDITIONS; ICE COVERED WATERS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; WIND DRIVEN UPWELLING; ZOOPLANKTON AGGREGATIONS;

ICE;

BIOTELEMETRY; COASTAL CURRENT; CRUSTACEAN; DIAPAUSE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; HYDROGRAPHY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; UPWELLING; WHALE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; BERING SEA; CANADA; CAPE BATHURST POLYNYA; CHUKCHI; GULF OF ANADYR; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; PACIFIC OCEAN; POINT BARROW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TUKTOYAKTUK PENINSULA; UNITED STATES;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CALANOIDA; CETACEA; COPEPODA; EUPHAUSIIDAE;

EID: 84937410280     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2014.08.012     Document Type: Article

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