Spatiotemporal patterns of marine mammal distribution in coastal waters of Galicia, NW Spain

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 670, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-109

  Spyrakos, Evangelos ^a   Santos Diniz, Tania C ^a   Martinez Iglesias, Gema ^a   Torres Palenzuela, Jesus M ^a   Pierce, Graham J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cetaceans sighting; Galician waters; GAMs; GIS

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CHLOROPHYLL; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP WATER; DOLPHIN; GIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

CETACEA; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79957861945     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0722-4     Document Type: Article

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