Seasonal variation of striped dolphins, fin- and sperm whales' abundance in the Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 345-352

  Laran, Sophie ^a   Drouot Dulau, Violaine ^b  

^a Ctr de Rech sur les Cetaces   (France)

^b Groupe de Recherche sur les Cetaces GREC   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DOLPHIN; LINE TRANSECT; MONITORING; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WHALE;

CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ITALY; LIGURIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA;

EID: 33847411990     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407054719     Document Type: Article

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