Underwater Vocalizations as a Tool for Studying the Distribution and Relative Abundance of Wintering Pinnipeds in the High Arctic | Zendy

Ian Stirling | Zendy; Wendy Calvert | Zendy; Holly J. Cleator | Zendy

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Underwater Vocalizations as a Tool for Studying the Distribution and Relative Abundance of Wintering Pinnipeds in the High Arctic

Author(s) -

Ian Stirling,

Wendy Calvert,

Holly J. Cleator

Publication year - 1983

Publication title -

arctic

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1923-1245

pISSN - 0004-0843

DOI - 10.14430/arctic2275

Subject(s) - abundance (ecology) , arctic , relative species abundance , underwater , habitat , phoca , seal (emblem) , geography , ecology , fishery , oceanography , biology , geology , archaeology

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