Distribution and density estimates of cetaceans along the mid-Atlantic Ridge during summer 2004

Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-146

  Waring, Gordon T ^a   Nøttestad, Leif ^b   Olsen, Erik ^b   Skov, Henrik ^c   Vikingsson, Gisli ^d  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c DHI   (Denmark)

^d MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Abundance estimate; Atlantic Ocean; Atlantic white sided dolphin; Common dolphin; Distribution; Fin whale; Northern hemisphere; Pilot whale; Sei whale; Sperm whale; Striped dolphin; Survey Vessel

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CETACEAN; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DOLPHIN; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA BOREALIS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; GLOBICEPHALA SP.; LAGENORHYNCHUS ACUTUS; MYSTICETI; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA;

EID: 67649510011     PISSN: 15610713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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