Patterns of cetacean sighting distribution in the Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone of Costa Rica based on data collected from 1979-2001

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 249-263

  May Collado, Laura ^a,b   Gerrodette, Tim ^c   Calambokidis, John ^d   Rasmussen, Kristin ^d   Sereg, Irena ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

^e AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Conservation; Dolphins; Marine mammals; Whales

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COSTA RICA; DOLPHIN; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; STATISTICS; WHALE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTA RICA; DOLPHINS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; WHALES;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERIDAE; CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; DOLPHIN (WHALE); KOGIIDAE; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; PHYSETERIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; STENELLA ATTENUATA GRAFFMANI; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 27644494075     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: 00347744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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