Monitoring winter and summer abundance of cetaceans in the Pelagos Sanctuary (Northwestern Mediterranean sea) through aerial surveys

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Panigada, Simone ^a,b   Lauriano, Giancarlo ^b   Burt, Louise ^c   Pierantonio, Nino ^a   Donovan, Greg ^d  

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

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d International Whaling Commission   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CETACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIN WHALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; STENELLA; SUMMER; WINTER; ANIMAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; STENELLA (CETACEA);

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIN WHALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; STENELLA;

EID: 79960910809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022878     Document Type: Article

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