Cetacean habitat in the northern oceanic Gulf of Mexico

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 121-142

  Davis, Randall W ^a   Ortega Ortiz, Joel G ^a   Ribic, Christine A ^b   Evans, William E ^a   Biggs, Douglas C ^a   Ressler, Patrick H ^a   Cady, Robert B ^a   Leben, Robert R ^c   Mullin, Keith D ^d   Würsig, Bernd ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic environment; Aquatic mammals; Cetaceans; Gulf of Mexico; Habitat; USA

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; BIOMASS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEAN HABITATS; STORMS;

HYDROGRAPHIC FEATURES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CETACEAN; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PLANKTON; PREY AVAILABILITY; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

GULF OF MEXICO;

CEPHALOPODA; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; PHYSETERIDAE; STENELLA FRONTALIS; TURSIOPS;

EID: 0142242601     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(01)00035-8     Document Type: Article

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