Comparison of odontocete populations of the marquesas and society Islands (French Polynesia)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 931-941

  Gannier, Alexandre ^a  

^a Groupe de Recherche sur les Cetaces GREC   (France)

Author keywords

Archipelago; Distribution; Odontocetes; Oligotrophy; Ssurvey; Topography; Tropical Pacific

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOLPHIN; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TOPOGRAPHY;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; MARQUESAS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); POLYNESIA;

CETACEA; CUCUMIS; DELPHINIDAE; FERESA; KOGIA SIMUS; ORCINUS ORCA; PEPONOCEPHALA; PHYSETERIDAE; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENO; TURSIOPS; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 69749125750     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408002713     Document Type: Article

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