Occurrence and distribution of cetaceans in São Tomé and Príncipe tropical archipelago and their relation to environmental variables

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1071-1076

  Picanco C ^a,b   Carvalho, I ^b,c,d   Brito, C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b Projecto Delfim   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^e Escola de Mar   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; Distribution; Environmental variables; Prncipe; So Tom; Soccurrence

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CETACEAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP WATER; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TROPICAL REGION; WHALE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF GUINEA; SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; GLOBICEPHALA MELAS; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ORCINUS ORCA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA ATTENUATA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 69749091016     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409002379     Document Type: Article

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