Feeding home ranges of Pacific Coast Feeding Group gray whales
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Assessment of genetic structure among eastern North Pacific gray whales on their feeding grounds
Although most eastern North Pacific (ENP) gray whales feed in the Bering, Beaufort, and Chukchi Seas during summer and fall, a small number of individuals, referred to as the Pacific Coast Feeding Group (PCFG), show intraand interseasonal fidelity to feeding areas from northern California through southeastern Alaska. We used both mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and 12 microsatellite markers to assess...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Wildlife Management
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0022-541X,1937-2817
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21642