Near-shore distribution and abundance of dolphins along the West Coast of the South Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 105-112

  Brager, Stefan ^a   Schneider, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abundance; Cephalorhynchus hectori; Delphinus delphis; Distribution; Dolphin; Environmental factors; Lagenorhynchus obscurus; Movements; New Zealand; Orcinus orca; South Island; Tursiops truncatus; West Coast

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ABUNDANCE; DOLPHIN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

CEPHALORHYNCHUS HECTORI; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; LAGENORHYNCHUS OBSCURUS; ORCINUS ORCA; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0032430551     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1998.9516809     Document Type: Article

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