Spatial distribution and environmental correlates of Australian snubfin and Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins

Ecography

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 396-406

  J Parra, Guido ^a   Schick, Robert ^c,d   J Corkeron, Peter ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK; QUEENSLAND;

SOUSA CHINENSIS;

EID: 33745092015     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0906-7590.04411.x     Document Type: Article

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