Influence of environmental factors on small cetacean distribution in the Spanish Mediterranean

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1185-1192

  Gomez De Segura A ^a   Hammond, P S ^b   Raga, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Distribution; Environmental factors; Generalized linear models; MPAs; Risso's dolphin; Striped dolphin

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; DOLPHIN; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MARINE PARK; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; GRAMPUS GRISEUS; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 51349103924     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408000386     Document Type: Article

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