Occurrence and present status of coastal dolphins (Delphinus delphis and Tursiops truncatus) in the eastern Ionian Sea

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 243-257

  Bearzi, Giovanni ^a   Politi, Elena ^a   Agazzi, Stefano ^a   Bruno, Sebastiano ^a   Costa, Marina ^a   Bonizzoni, Silvia ^a  

^a Tethys Research Institute and IUCN Task Force on Marine Mammal Protected Areas   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impact; Cetaceans; Delphinus delphis; Ecology; Ionian Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Prey depletion; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; PREY AVAILABILITY; SITE FIDELITY;

IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 19044363645     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.667     Document Type: Article

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