Seasonal changes in distribution of Hector's dolphin at Banks Peninsula, New Zealand: Implications for protected area design

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 106-116

  Rayment, William ^a   Dawson, Steve ^a   Slooten, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aerial survey; Bycatch; Hector's dolphin; Mantel test; Marine protected area

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; BYCATCH; DOLPHIN; GILLNET; LINE TRANSECT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROTECTED AREA; RESERVE DESIGN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SUSTAINABILITY;

BANKS PENINSULA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 73249150779     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1049     Document Type: Article

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