Trends in strandings and by-catch of marine mammals in north-west Spain during the 1990s

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 513-521

  Lopez A ^a,b   Santos, M B ^c   Pierce, G J ^c   Gonzalez A F ^a   Valeiras, X ^b   Guerra, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b CEMMA ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; MARINE MAMMAL; STRANDING;

SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; CORYPHAENIDAE; DELPHINUS; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; MAMMALIA; PHOCOENIDAE; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036621316     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315402005805     Document Type: Article

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