Modeling habitat use for dusky dolphin and Commerson's dolphin in Patagonia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 421, Issue , 2011, Pages 217-227

  Garaffo, Griselda V ^a   Dans, Silvana L ^b,c   Pedraza, Susana N ^b,c   Degrati, Mariana ^b,c   Schiavini, Adrián ^d,e   González, RaÚl ^f   Crespo, Enrique A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^d CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^e Wildlife Conservation Society Representación ^*  (Argentina)

^f Instituto de Biologia Marina y Pesquera Almirante Storni Rio Negro   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Distribution modeling; Dolphins; Generalized linear model; Habitat selection; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; CORRELATION; DOLPHIN; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHIA DE LOS NODALES; PATAGONIA; SAN MATIAS GULF; SANTA CRUZ [ARGENTINA];

CEPHALORHYNCHUS COMMERSONII; CETACEA; LAGENORHYNCHUS OBSCURUS;

EID: 78751696069     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08912     Document Type: Article

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