Trends in cetacean sightings along the Galician coast, north-west Spain, 2003-2007, and inferences about cetacean habitat preferences

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1547-1560

  Pierce, Graham J ^a,b   Caldas, Mara ^c   Cedeira, Jose ^c   Santos, M Begonã ^a   Llavona, Ángela ^c   Covelo, Pablo ^c   Martinez, Gema ^d   Torres, Jesus ^d   Sacau, Mar ^a   López, Alfredo ^c  

^a Instituto Español de Oceanografía Subida a Radio Faro   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c CEMMA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

bottlenose dolphin; common dolphin; conservation; Dalphinus delphis; habit modelling; harbour porpoise; Phocoena phocoena; Tursiops Truncatus

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; GLOBICEPHALA MACRORHYNCHUS; GLOBICEPHALA MELAS; GRAMPUS GRISEUS; MICROMESISTIUS POUTASSOU; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE; PRIACANTHUS HAMRUR; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 77954103895     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410000664     Document Type: Article

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