COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the grey

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MB whale (Eastern North Pacific population) Eschrichtius robustus

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stron in Canada.

4832
ID Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada

2005
rok

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SPECIES INFORMATION.3

Name and classification.3

Description.3

DISTRIBUTION.4

Global range 4

Canadian range .7

HABITAT 8

Habitat requirements .8

Trends . 9

Protection/ownership .9

BIOLOGY10

General 10

Reproduction .10

Survival10

Physiology .11

Movements/dispersal.11

Nutrition .11

Interspecific interactions 13

Behaviour/adaptability .13

POPULATION SIZES AND TRENDS14

LIMITING FACTORS AND THREATS 15

SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SPECIES 17

Ecological significance.17

Cultural and economic significance .18

EXISTING PROTECTION OR OTHER STATUS18

SUMMARY OF STATUS REPORT.19

TECHNICAL SUMMARY. 20

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .22

LITERATURE CITED 22

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY OF THE REPORT WRITER. 30

AUTHORITIES CONTACTED.31