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Influence of seismic surveys on western gray whales off Sakhalin Island, Russia in 2001

2002
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Weller, D. W., Ivashchenko, Y. V., Tsidulko, G. A., Burdin, A. M. and Brownell Jr., R. L.

Western gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) aggregate off the northeastern coast of Sakhalin Island, Russia during summer-autumn to feed on benthic and near-benthic prey. During summer 2001,...
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Keywords: Conservation, Disturbance, Feeding, Okhotsk Sea, Russia, Seismic survey, Western gray whale