U.S. Department of Commerce
Date of this Version
2006
Abstract
Gray whales Eschrichtius robustus exist as a 2 geographically and genetically distinct populations in the eastern and western North Pacific. Subjected to intensive commercial whaling during the 19th and 20th centuries, the western population presently numbers approximately 100 individuals and is regarded as one of the most endangered baleen whale populations in the world.
Comments
Published in Marine Ecology Progress Series Vol. 315: 293-307.