Pilot cetacean survey of the sub-Arctic North Atlantic utilizing a cruise-ship platform

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 321-325

  Compton, Ross ^a   Banks, Aaron ^a   Goodwin, Lissa ^a   Hooker, Sascha K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CETACEAN; DATA ACQUISITION; MONITORING; PASSENGER SHIP; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVEYING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; LAGENORHYNCHUS ACUTUS; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 33847339368     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407054781     Document Type: Article

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