Seasonal distribution of harbour porpoises and possible interference of offshore wind farms in the German North Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 383, Issue , 2009, Pages 295-307

  Gilles, Anita ^a   Scheidat, Meike ^a,b   Siebert, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerial survey; Distribution; Foraging; Generalised additive model; Harbour porpoise; North Sea; Offshore wind farm; Phocoena phocoena; Reproduction area

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AERIAL SURVEY; BREEDING SITE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PORPOISE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TRANSECT; WIND FARM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

ANIMALIA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 67149093520     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08020     Document Type: Article

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