Marine protected area design and the spatial and temporal distribution of cetaceans in a submarine canyon

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 592-602

  Hooker, Sascha K ^a   Whitehead, Hal ^a   Gowans, Shannon ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; MAMMAL; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA;

EID: 0033066210     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98099.x     Document Type: Article

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