Seasonal distribution of minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata in relation to physiography and prey off the Isle of Mull, Scotland

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 277, Issue , 2004, Pages 263-274

  Macleod, Kelly ^a,b   Fairbairns, Richard ^c   Gill, Alison ^c   Fairbairns, Brenan ^c   Gordon, Jonathan ^a,b   Blair Myers, Chris ^d   Parsons, Edward C M ^a  

^a HEBRIDEAN WHALE AND DOLPHIN TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c Sea Life Surveys   (United Kingdom)

^d KENT COUNTY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Geographical Information System; Herring; Minke whale; Sandeel; Seabed sediment

Indexed keywords

GIS; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; WHALE;

ARGYLL AND BUTE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MULL; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMMODYTES; AMMODYTES MARINUS; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA; CLUPEA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; MAMMALIA; PERCIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4544268030     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps277263     Document Type: Article

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