Temperature-based summer habitat partitioning between white-beaked and common dolphins around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1193-1198

  MacLeod, Colin D ^a   Weir, Caroline R ^a,b   Santos, M Begoña ^a   Dunn, Timothy E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Ketos Ecology   (United Kingdom)

^c JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common dolphin; Habit partitioning; Water temperature; White beaked dolphin

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DIET; DOLPHIN; DOMINANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NICHE PARTITIONING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

DELPHINIDAE; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; LAGENORHYNCHUS; LAGENORHYNCHUS ALBIROSTRIS;

EID: 51349100429     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531540800074X     Document Type: Article

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