Behaviour of a social unit of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) entangled in a driftnet off Capo Palinuro (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy)

Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-135

  Pace, D S ^a,b   Miragliuolo, A ^c   Mussi, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Oceanomare Delphis Onlus   (Italy)

^c Delphis MDC   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Driftnet; Incidental Catches; Mediterranean sea; Northern hemisphere; Sperm whale

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL; WHALE;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; CAPE PALINURO; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SALERNO; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 67649566008     PISSN: 15610713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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