Acoustic and satellite remote sensing of blue whale seasonality and habitat in the Northeast Pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 10-11 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 967-986

  Burtenshaw, Jessica C ^a   Oleson, Erin M ^a   Hildebrand, John A ^a   McDonald, Mark A ^a   Andrew, Rex K ^b   Howe, Bruce M ^b   Mercer, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; WHALES;

ACOUSTICS; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

FISHERIES;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; BIOMASS; HABITAT SELECTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONALITY; WHALE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); WORLD;

BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA;

EID: 8844284458     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2004.06.020     Document Type: Article

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