Abundance estimate of striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) in the pelagos sanctuary (NW Mediterranean Sea) by means of line transect survey

Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-283

  Lauriano, Glancarlo ^a   Panigada, Slmone ^b   Canneri, Roberta ^a   Zeichen, Marta Manca ^a   Sciara, Giuseppe Notarbartolo Di ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Abundance estimate; Conservation; Europe; Striped dolphin; Survey vessel

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CETACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTIMATION METHOD; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HOMOGENEITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVEY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PELAGOS SANCTUARY;

BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PHYSETERIDAE; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 79960903875     PISSN: 15610713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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