Geographical variation in abundance of striped and common dolphins of the western Mediterranean

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 313-325

  Forcada, Jaume ^a   Hammond, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Common dolphins; Delphinus delphis; Density; Stenella coeruleoalba; Striped dolphins; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMON DOLPHIN; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; STRIPED DOLPHIN;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA, (WEST);

DELPHINUS DELPHIS; STENELLA COERULEOALBA;

EID: 0031811213     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(97)00063-4     Document Type: Article

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