Partitioning of the Pelagos Sanctuary (north-western Mediterranean Sea) into hotspots and coldspots of cetacean distributions

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1273-1281

  Moulins, Aurélie ^a   Rosso, Massimiliano ^a   Ballardini, Marco ^b   Würtz, Maurizio ^c  

^a Interuniversity Center Research in Environmental Monitoring (CIMA)   (Italy)

^b Whale Watch BluWest   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cetacean distribution; Hotspots; Marine protected area; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

BATHYAL ZONE; CETACEAN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE PARK; NICHE OVERLAP; NICHE PARTITIONING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEAMOUNT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PELAGOS SANCTUARY;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; GRAMPUS GRISEUS; MAMMALIA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA; ZIPHIIDAE; ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS;

EID: 51349151259     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408000763     Document Type: Article

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