Diversity, habitat associations and stock structure of odontocete cetaceans in the waters of American Samoa, 2003-06

Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-66

  Johnston, David W ^a,b   Robbins, Jooke ^c   Chapla, Marie E ^b   Mattila, David K ^d   Andrews, Kimberly R ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES   (United States)

^d Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy sampling; Bottlenose dolphin; Dwarf sperm whale; False killer whale; Genetics; Movements; Odontocetes; Pacific Ocean; Photo ID; Rough toothed dolphin; Short finned pilot whale; Sperm whale; Spinner dolphins; Survey vessel

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMARKER; CONSERVATION STATUS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DOLPHIN; HABITAT USE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABILITY; WHALE;

AMERICAN SAMOA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); POLYNESIA;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; GLOBICEPHALA MACRORHYNCHUS; KOGIA SIMUS; ORCINUS ORCA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE; PSEUDORCA; PSEUDORCA CRASSIDENS; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA LONGIROSTRIS; STENO; STENO BREDANENSIS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 58649117158     PISSN: 15610713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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