Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) presence and incidental capture in a marine fish farm on the north-eastern coast of Sardinia (Italy)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-117

  Díaz López, Bruno ^a   Bernal Shirai, Julia Andrea ^a  

^a The Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute BDRI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; COASTAL ZONE; DOLPHIN; GROUP SIZE; MARINE PARK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 33847416669     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407054215     Document Type: Article

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