Absence of scale dependence in dolphin-habitat models for the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 363, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-14

  Redfern, J V ^a   Barlow, J ^a   Bailance, L T ^a   Gerrodette, T ^a   Becker, E A ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Delphinus delphis; Dolphin density; Eastern spinner dolphin; Grampus griseus; Habitat modeling; Risso's dolphin; Short beaked common dolphin; Stenella coeruleoalba; Stenella longirostris orientalis; Striped dolphin

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NOISE; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

CETACEA; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; GRAMPUS GRISEUS; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA; STENELLA LONGIROSTRIS ORIENTALIS;

EID: 49449102615     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07495     Document Type: Article

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