Periodic variability in cetacean strandings: Links to large-scale climate events

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-150

  Evans, K ^a   Thresher, R ^b   Warneke, R M ^c   Bradshaw, C J A ^d   Pook, M ^b   Thiele, D ^e   Hindell, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Blackwood Lodge   (Australia)

^d CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cetacean strandings; Climate; Meridional winds; Sea surface temperature; Southeast Australia; Zonal winds

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; ZONAL WIND;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND;

CETACEA;

EID: 25444522684     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0313     Document Type: Article

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