Cetacean distribution and relative abundance in offshore Gabonese waters

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1613-1621

  De Boer, Marijke N ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balaenoptera brydei; cetacean diversity; Delphinus sp.; distribution; Gabon; Globicephala macrorhynchus; Grampus griseus; Megaptera novaeangliae; Orcinus orca; Peponocephala electra; Physeter macrocephalus; relative abundance; Stenella attenuata; Stenella clymene; Stenella frontalis; Steno bredanensis; Tursiops truncatus; West Africa

Indexed keywords

BALAENOPTERA BRYDEI; CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; DELPHINUS; GLOBICEPHALA MACRORHYNCHUS; GRAMPUS GRISEUS; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; MYSTICETI; ORCINUS ORCA; PEPONOCEPHALA ELECTRA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE; STENELLA ATTENUATA; STENELLA CLYMENE; STENELLA FRONTALIS; STENO BREDANENSIS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 77954845759     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410001165     Document Type: Article

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