Seasonal and diurnal presence of finless porpoises at a corridor to the ocean from their habitat

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1879-1887

  Akamatsu, Tomonari ^a   Nakamura, Kiyomi ^b   Kawabe, Ryo ^c   Furukawa, Seishiro ^c   Murata, Hiromi ^c   Kawakubo, Akihiro ^b   Komaba, Masayuki ^b  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Kujyukushima Aquarium   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; COASTAL WATER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIURNAL VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MONITORING SYSTEM; PORPOISE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEASONALITY; SONAR; SWIMMING; TIDAL CURRENT;

HARO STRAIT; JAPAN; KYUSHU; NAGASAKI [KYUSHU]; OMURA BAY;

ANIMALIA; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS JAPONICUS; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 77954540965     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1459-8     Document Type: Article

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