Examining the importance of Aberdeenshire (UK) coastal waters for North Sea bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 201-207

  Stockin, Karen A ^a,b,d   Weir, Caroline R ^c,d   Pierce, Graham J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c Ketos Ecology   (United Kingdom)

^d Wellington Place   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; DOLPHIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; REPRODUCTION;

ABERDEENSHIRE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 30744458833     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531540601304X     Document Type: Article

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