Sperm whale abundance estimates from acoustic surveys of the Ionian Sea and Straits of Sicily in 2003

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 353-357

  Lewis, T ^a   Gillespie, D ^a   Lacey, C ^a   Matthews, J ^a   Danbolt, M ^a   Leaper, R ^a   McLanaghan, R ^a   Moscrop, A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ACOUSTIC METHOD; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; LINE TRANSECT; MONITORING; WHALE;

IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); STRAIT OF SICILY;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 33847411991     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407054896     Document Type: Article

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