Cuvier's beaked whale distribution in the Mediterranean Sea: Results from small boat surveys 1996-2007

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1245-1251

  Gannier, Alexandre ^a   Epinat, Justine ^a  

^a Groupe de Recherche sur les Cetaces GREC   (France)

Author keywords

Cuvier's beaked whale; Distribution; Mediterranean; Survey; Ziphiids

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; MARINE RECORD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; WHALE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CETACEA; GRAMPUS GRISEUS; ZIPHIIDAE; ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS;

EID: 51349130634     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408000428     Document Type: Article

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