SST fronts and the summer sperm whale distribution in the north-west Mediterranean Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 187-193

  Gannier, Alexandre ^a   Praca, Emilie ^b,c  

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

^b Ctr de Rech sur les Cetaces   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MONITORING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WHALE;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST); SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 33847415076     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407054689     Document Type: Article

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