Striped dolphins and short-beaked common dolphins in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece: Abundance estimates from dorsal fin photographs

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Bearzi, Giovanni ^a   Bonizzoni, Silvia ^a   Agazzi, Stefano ^a   Gonzalvo, Joan ^a   Currey, Rohan J C ^b  

^a Tethys Research Institute and IUCN Task Force on Marine Mammal Protected Areas   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abundance; Delphinus delphis; Greece; Gulf of Corinth; Mediterranean Sea; Mixed groups; Photo identification; Short beaked common dolphin; Stenella coeruleoalba; Striped dolphin

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DOLPHIN; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PHOTOGRAPHY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

GREECE; GULF OF CORINTH; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA;

EID: 79960422042     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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