Survival rate, abundance, and residency of long-finned pilot whales in the strait of Gibraltar

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 523-536

  Verborgh, P ^a,b   De Stephanis, R ^a   Perez S ^a   Jaget, Y ^a   Barbraud, C ^b   Guinet, C ^b  

^a CIRCE (Conservation   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impact; Long finned pilot whales; Population estimation; Population growth rate; Strait of Gibraltar; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RATE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PHOTOGRAPH; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; SHIPPING; SURVIVAL; WHALE;

STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; GLOBICEPHALA MELAS;

EID: 67849085333     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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