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Habitat selection by two beluga whale populations in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas

There has been extensive sea ice loss in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas where two beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) populations occur between July-November. Our goal was to develop population-specific beluga habitat selection models that quantify relative use of sea ice and bathymetric features re...

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Autores principales: Hauser, Donna D. W., Laidre, Kristin L., Stern, Harry L., Moore, Sue E., Suydam, Robert S., Richard, Pierre R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5325469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28235041
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172755