Habitat selection in a coastal dolphin species (Cephalorhynchus hectori)

Marine Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 233-244

  Brager S ^a,c   Harraway, J A ^a   Manly, B F J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b WESTERN ECOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DOLPHIN; HABITAT SELECTION; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TURBIDITY; WATER DEPTH;

NEW ZEALAND;

CEPHALORHYNCHUS HECTORI; CORYPHAENIDAE; DELPHINIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0141672939     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1068-x     Document Type: Article

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