Community structure in pelagic marine mammals at large spatial scales

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 434, Issue , 2011, Pages 165-181

  Schick, R S ^a   Halpin, P N ^a,b   Read, A J ^a,b   Urban, D L ^a   Best, B D ^a,b   Good, C P ^a,b   Roberts, J J ^a   LaBrecque, E A ^a,b   Dunn, C ^c   Garrison, L P ^d   Hyrenbach, K D ^a,b   McLellan, W A ^e   Pabst, D A ^e   Palka, D L ^f   Stevick, P ^g  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BAHAMAS MARINE MAMMAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (Bahamas)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^f NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; Group contrast Mantel test; Multivariate ordination; Nonmetric dimensional scaling; Northwest Atlantic Ocean

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BASELINE CONDITIONS; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; CETACEAN; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NICHE PARTITIONING; ORDINATION; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CAPE HATTERAS; GULF OF MEXICO; HATTERAS ISLAND; NORTH CAROLINA; NOVA SCOTIA; UNITED STATES;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 79961086221     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09183     Document Type: Article

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