Proceedings of the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology Conference (한국어업기술학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2001.05a
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- Pages.423-425
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- 2001
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Minke Whale Distributions off the east coast of Korea
- Ilhwan Cho (Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham) ;
- Kim, Zang-Geun (National Fisheries Research and Development Institut) ;
- Patrick N. Halpin (Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durha) ;
- Hawsun Sohn (National Fisheries Research and Development Institute)
- Published : 2001.05.01
Abstract
The minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) is found in all the oceans of the world, and is a major whale species off the east coast of Korea. To estimate its abundance, the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI) of Korea performed ship surveys in June of 1999 and May of 2000. During these surveys, scientists found two interesting facts, i.e. most whales were sighted close to shore, and whales appeared to move north from May to June. (omitted)
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