Fin whale survival and abundance in the gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 125-132

  Ramp, Christian ^a,b   Delarue, Julien ^a   Bérubé, Martine ^c   Hammond, Philip S ^b   Sears, Richard ^a  

^a MINGAN ISLAND CETACEAN STUDY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abundance; Fin whale; Mark recapture; Modeling; Survival

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVORSHIP; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS;

EID: 84987653525     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00571     Document Type: Article

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