Seasonal estimates of densities and predation rates of cetaceans in the Ligurian Sea, northwestern Mediterranean Sea: An initial examination

Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-40

  Laran, Sophie ^a   Joiris, Claude ^b   Gannier, Alexandre ^c   Kenney, Robert D ^d  

^a Ctr de Rech sur les Cetaces   (France)

^b Laboratory for Polar Ecology (PolE)   (Belgium)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding grounds; Fin whale; Food prey; Index of abundance; Long finned pilot whale; Mediterranean sea; Northern hemisphere; Nutrition; Risso's dolphin; Sanctuaries; Sperm whale; Striped dolphin; Survey acoustic; Survey vessel

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACOUSTIC SURVEY; BIOMASS; DOLPHIN; FEEDING GROUND; FIELD SURVEY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARINE PARK; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RESEARCH VESSEL; SEASONALITY; WEIGHT; WHALE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PELAGOS SANCTUARY;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; GLOBICEPHALA MELAS; GRAMPUS GRISEUS; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA;

EID: 77951923114     PISSN: 15610713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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