Summer distribution and relative abundance of cetacean populations off north-west Scotland

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1187-1192

  Macleod, K ^a   Simmonds, M P ^b   Murray, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b WHALE AND DOLPHIN CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^c Greenpeace UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; LINE TRANSECT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BALAENOPTERA BOREALIS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; DELPHINIDAE; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; GLOBICEPHALA MELAS; GRAMPUS GRISEUS; LAGENORHYNCHUS ACUTUS; LAGENORHYNCHUS ALBIROSTRIS; MACROCEPHALUS; MAMMALIA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE; PHYSETER CATODON; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242275992     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315403008476h     Document Type: Article

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