Using existing data and focused surveys to highlight Cuvier's beaked whales favourable areas: A case study in the central Tyrrhenian Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 63, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 10-17

  Gannier, Alexandre ^a  

^a Groupe de Recherche sur les Cetaces GREC   (France)

Author keywords

Cuvier's beaked whale; Mediterranean; Mitigation; Stranding; Survey; Tyrrhenian Sea

Indexed keywords

CUVIER'S BEAKED WHALE; MEDITERRANEAN; MITIGATION; STRANDING; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

OCEAN CURRENTS; SAILING VESSELS; SONAR; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

SURVEYS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; MITIGATION; NOISE POLLUTION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SONAR; STRANDING; WHALE;

ARTICLE; CUVIER BEAKED WHALE; ECHOLOCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FRANCE; ITALY; MITIGATION; NONHUMAN; SEA; SPAIN; SPECIES HABITAT; TYRRHENIAN SEA; WHALE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WHALES;

BALEARIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 79958768402     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.03.037     Document Type: Article

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