A retrospective investigation of two dolphin mass mortality events in iran, autumn 2007: (Mammalia: Cetacea)

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-26

  Braulik, Gill ^a   Savadkouhi, Omid S ^b   Nabavi, M Bagher ^b   Fadakar, Shahrom ^b   Mohammadi, Hassan ^b   Brownell, Robert L ^c   Reeves, Randall R ^d   Fernandez, Antonio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Pardisan Eco Park Hakim Highway ^*  (Kuwait)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Okapi Wildlife Associates Hudson   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Indian Ocean; Iran; Mass stranding; Middle East; Spinner Dolphin; Stenella coeruleoalba; Stenella longirostris; Striped Dolphin

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; COAST; DECOMPOSITION; DOLPHIN; FISHING EFFORT; MASS MORTALITY; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; SANDBANK; SHALLOW WATER; STRANDING;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF OMAN; INDIAN OCEAN; IRAN;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA; STENELLA LONGIROSTRIS;

EID: 77952030403     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2010.10638384     Document Type: Article

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