Habitat utilization by Blainville's beaked whales off Great Abaco, northern Bahamas, in relation to seabed topography

Marine Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-11

  MacLeod, Colin D ^a   Zuur, Alain F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Highland Statistics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; HABITAT USE; WHALE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CARIBBEAN SEA; GREAT ABACO; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MESOPLODON; MESOPLODON DENSIROSTRIS; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 18844442546     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-004-1546-9     Document Type: Article

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