Bottlenose dolphins using coastal regions adjacent to a Special Area of Conservation in north-east Scotland

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1237-1243

  Culloch, Ross M ^a,b,c   Robinson, Kevin P ^a  

^a Cetacean Research and Rescue Unit CRRU   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Cetacean; Conservation; Management; Mark recapture; Photo identification; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOLPHIN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MARINE PARK; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NEONATE; RANGE EXPANSION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MORAY FIRTH; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 51349117834     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408000210     Document Type: Article

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