Environmental factors governing the distribution of the bottlenose (Tursiops truncatus) and the spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) in Golfo Dulce, South Pacific, off Costa Rica

Investigaciones Marinas

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 15-23

  Cubero Pardo, Priscilla ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Cetaceans; Costa Rica; Distribution patterns; Environmental factors; Spotted dolphin

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA ATTENUATA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 45749157222     PISSN: 07161069     EISSN: 07177178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-71782007000200002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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