Spatio-temporal analysis of cetacean strandings and bycatch in a UK fisheries hotspot

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2323-2338

  Leeney, Ruth H ^a,b   Amies, Rachel ^a,c   Broderick, Annette C ^a   Witt, Matthew J ^a   Loveridge, Jan ^d   Doyle, Joana ^d   Godley, Brendan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cetacean communities; Climate change; Conservation; Dolphin; Porpoise; Whale

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BYCATCH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CETACEAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; DOLPHIN; FISHING; MORTALITY; PORPOISE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WHALE;

CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; GLOBICEPHALA MELAS; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 48549107925     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9377-5     Document Type: Article

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