Habitat-based spatial and temporal variability in life history characteristics of female common dolphins Delphinus delphis in the eastern tropical Pacific

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 318, Issue , 2006, Pages 277-286

  Danil, Kerri ^a   Chivers, Susan J ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Common dolphin; Costa Rica Dome; Delphinus delphis; Eastern tropical Pacific; El Ni o; Life history; Oceanography; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SEASON; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LIFE HISTORY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

ANIMALIA; DELPHINUS; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.;

EID: 33748419075     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps318277     Document Type: Article

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