A note on cetacean distribution in the Indian EEZ and contiguous seas during 2003-07

Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-215

  Afsal, V V ^a   Yousuf, K S S M ^a   Anoop, B ^a   Anoop, A K ^a   Kannan, P ^b   Rajagopalan, M ^a   Vivekanandan, E ^a  

^a CENTRAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Chennai Snake Park   (India)

Author keywords

Blue whale; Distribution; False killer whale; Indian Eez; Indo pacific bottlenose dolphin; Indo pacific hump backed dolphin; Long Beaked common dolphin; Risso'S dolphin; Short finned pilot whale; Sperm whale; Spinner dolphin; Striped dolphin; Survey vessel

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CETACEAN; DOLPHIN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WHALE;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; DELPHINUS CAPENSIS; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; GLOBICEPHALA MACRORHYNCHUS; GRAMPUS GRISEUS; ORCINUS ORCA; PHYSETERIDAE; PSEUDORCA; STENELLA (CETACEA); TURSIOPS;

EID: 68649090534     PISSN: 15610713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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