Factors determining the interaction between common bottlenose dolphins and bottom trawlers off the Balearic Archipelago (western Mediterranean Sea)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-52

  Gonzalvo, Joan ^a   Valls, María ^b   Cardona, Lluís ^a   Aguilar, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Bottom trawlers; Distribution; Fishery interaction

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BOTTOM TRAWLING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DOLPHIN; FISHERY; ISLAND; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 54349095569     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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