Summer distribution and relative abundance of delphinids in the Mediterranean Sea

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-238

  Gannier, Alexandre ^a  

^a Marineland   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; FIELD SURVEY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; DOLPHIN (WHALE); GLOBICEPHALA MELAS; STENELLA COERULEOALBA; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 27144451997     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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