Preliminary account of cetacean diversity and humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) group characteristics around the Union of the Comoros (Mozambique Channel)

Mammalia

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-56

  Kiszka, Jeremy ^a,b   Vely, Michel ^a   Breysse, Olivier ^a  

^a Megaptera Océan Indien ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; Diversity; Group characteristics; Humpback whale; Indian Ocean Whale Sanctuary; Megaptera novaeangliae; Union of the Comoros

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; DOLPHIN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SURVEY; WHALE;

COMOROS; INDIAN OCEAN; MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; GLOBICEPHALA MACRORHYNCHUS; GRAMPUS GRISEUS; LAGENODELPHIS HOSEI; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; MESOPLODON DENSIROSTRIS; MESOPLODON PACIFICUS; PEPONOCEPHALA ELECTRA; PHYSETER CATODON; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA ATTENUATA; STENELLA LONGIROSTRIS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 77749270902     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2010.003     Document Type: Article

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