Killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Angolan and Gulf of Guinea waters, tropical West Africa

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1601-1611

  Weir, Caroline R ^a,b   Collins, Tim ^c,d   Carvalho, Inês ^e,f   Rosenbaum, Howard C ^c,f  

^a Ketos Ecology   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d Indian Ocean Research and Conservation Association   (Oman)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^f DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angola; Cameroon; Gabon; Gulf of Guinea; killer whale; Orcinus orca; predation; Sa Tom ; south east Atlantic

Indexed keywords

ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 77953529345     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531541000072X     Document Type: Article

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