Seasonal distribution of bottlenose (Tursiops truncatus) and pan-tropical spotted (Stenella attenuata) dolphins (Cetacea: Delphinidae) in Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 6, 1998, Pages 91-101

  Acevedo, Alejandro ^a   Burkhart, Stephanie ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Distribution; Golfo Dulce; Stenella attenuata; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004021077     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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