Structure of a toothed cetacean community around a tropical island (Mayotte, Mozambique channel)

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 543-551

  Kiszka, J ^a,b,c   Ersts, P J ^d   Ridoux, V ^a,b  

^a OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^c Collectivité Départementale de Mayotte ^*  (France)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier reef slope; Cetaceans; Community composition; Distribution; Encounter rates; Indian ocean; Mayotte; Odontocetes

Indexed keywords

BARRIER REEF; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIVERSITY INDEX; DOLPHIN; ENCOUNTER RATE; GROUP SIZE; HABITAT TYPE; ISLAND; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL REGION;

INDIAN OCEAN; MAYOTTE; MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL;

ANTHOZOA; CETACEA; CUCUMIS; DELPHINIDAE; MESOPLODON DENSIROSTRIS; PEPONOCEPHALA; PEPONOCEPHALA ELECTRA; SOUSA CHINENSIS; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA ATTENUATA; STENELLA LONGIROSTRIS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 78650493736     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2010.538145     Document Type: Article

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