Distribution and relative abundance of sperm whales in the Mediterranean Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 243, Issue , 2002, Pages 281-293

  Gannier, Alexandre ^a   Drouot, Violaine ^a   Goold, John C ^b  

^a Ctr de Rech sur les Cetaces   (France)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Distribution; Mediterranean; Sightings; Sperm whale; Survey

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; WHALE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PANTHERA LEO; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037073392     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps243281     Document Type: Article

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