Movements of sperm whale in the western Mediterranean Sea: Preliminary photo-identification results

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 195-200

  Drouot Dulau, Violaine ^a   Gannier, Alexandre ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HOME RANGE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MONITORING; MOVEMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; RESIDENT POPULATION; WHALE;

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

CETACEA; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 33847417562     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407054860     Document Type: Article

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