A visual and acoustic survey for harbour porpoises off North-West Africa: Further evidence of a discrete population

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 403-410

  Boisseau, O ^a   Matthews, J ^a   Gillespie, D ^a   Lacey, C ^a   Moscrop, A ^a   El Ouamari, N ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE   (United States)

^b Institut National de Recherche Halieutique   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Distribution; Harbour porpoise; Phocoena phocoena; West Africa

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FISH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVEYS;

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; ARTISANAL FISHERY; CONSERVATION STATUS; FISHING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GILLNET; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PORPOISE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRAWL NET;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC COAST [AFRICA]; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 39749148634     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJMS.2007.29.3.8.338     Document Type: Article

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