Functional mechanisms underlying cetacean distribution patterns: Hotspots for bottlenose dolphins are linked to foraging

Marine Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 397-403

  Hastie, G D ^a,c   Wilson, B ^b   Wilson, L J ^a   Parsons, K M ^a   Thompson, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DOLPHIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MORAY FIRTH; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 1242322060     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1195-4     Document Type: Article

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