Taxonomic status and geographical cranial variation of common dolphins (Delphinus) in the Eastern North Atlantic

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 573-599

  Murphy, Sinéad ^a,b   Herman, Jerry S ^c   Pierce, Graham J ^d   Rogan, Emer ^b   Kitchener, Andrew C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; Common dolphin; Delphinus delphis; Eastern North Atlantic; Morphometrics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; DOLPHIN; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MORPHOMETRY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; DELPHINUS; DELPHINUS CAPENSIS; DELPHINUS DELPHIS;

EID: 33745040478     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2006.00037.x     Document Type: Article

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