Cetacean strandings in San Diego County, California, USA: 1851-2008

Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-184

  Danil, Kerri ^a   Chivers, Susan J ^a   Henshaw, Mike D ^a   Thieleking, Janet L ^a   Daniels, Risa ^b   St Leger, Judy A ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c SeaWorld San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Climate change; Common dolphin; Dall's porpoise; Distribution; Gray whale; Long beaked common dolphin; Northern hemisphere; Pacific ocean; Pacific white sided dolphin; Seasonality; Short finned pilot whale; Strandings

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CETACEAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRYPSIS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEANOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEASONALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRANDING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAN DIEGO COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; DELPHINUS CAPENSIS; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; GLOBICEPHALA MACRORHYNCHUS; LAGENORHYNCHUS OBLIQUIDENS; PHOCOENIDAE; PHOCOENOIDES DALLI; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 79952654603     PISSN: 15610713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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