Seasonal patterns in the abundance and distribution of california cetaceans, 1991-1992

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 460-489

  Forney, Karin A ^a   Barlow, Jay ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Aerial survey; Bootstrap; California; Cetacean; Confidence interval test; Distribution; Dolphin; Line transect; North Pacific; Porpoise; Seasonality; Ship survey; Whale

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CETACEAN; LINE TRANSECT; SEASONALITY;

(NORTHEAST); CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC; USA;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; DELPHINUS; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS; GRAMPUS GRISEUS; LAGENORHYNCHUS OBLIQUIDENS; LISSODELPHIS BOREALIS; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ORCINUS ORCA; PHOCOENOIDES DALLI; PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS; PYSETER MACROCEPHALUS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0031803779     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1998.tb00737.x     Document Type: Article

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