Spatial and seasonal variability in cetacean distribution in the fjords of northern Patagonia, Chile

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 959-970

  Viddi, Francisco A ^a   Hucke Gaete, Rodrigo ^b   Torres Florez, Juan P ^b,c   Ribeiro, Sandra ^d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ECOSISTEMAS DE LA PATAGONIA CIEP   (Chile)

^d Instituto Estadual de Meio Ambiente e Recursos Hídricos   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Balaenoptera musculus; Cephalorhynchus eutropia; Cetacean distribution; Chilean fjords; Generalized additive models; Lagenorhynchus australis; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FJORD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CHILE; PATAGONIA;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CEPHALORHYNCHUS EUTROPIA; CETACEA; LAGENORHYNCHUS AUSTRALIS; MYSTICETI; ORCINUS ORCA; PSEUDORCA; TURSIOPS; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 77953642055     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp288     Document Type: Article

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