Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) respond to an airgun ramp-up procedure off Gabon

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-354

  Weir, Caroline R ^a,b  

^a Ketos Ecology   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airguns; Gabon; Geophysical survey; Globicephala macrorhynchus; Ramp up; Seismic survey; Short finned pilot whale

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MITIGATION; SEISMIC SURVEY; WHALE;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; GABON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; GLOBICEPHALA MACRORHYNCHUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 59949084807     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.34.3.2008.349     Document Type: Article

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