Cetacean strandings in the Canadian Maritime provinces, 1990-2008

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-44

  Nemiroff, Leah ^a   Wimmer, Tonya ^b   Daoust, Pierre Yves ^c   McAlpine, Donald F ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b C/o Nova Scotia Museum ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^d NEW BRUNSWICK MUSEUM   (Canada)

Author keywords

AtlanticWhite sided Dolphin; Canada; Cetaceans; Globicephala melas; Harbour Porpoise; Incidental catch; Lagenorhynchus acutus; Longfinned PilotWhale; Maritimes; Phocoena phocoena; Stranding

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BYCATCH; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATABASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DOLPHIN; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; FISHING GEAR; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PORPOISE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRANDING; SURVIVAL; VULNERABILITY; WHALE;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NOVA SCOTIA; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND [CANADA];

EID: 83155188552     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v124i1.1027     Document Type: Article

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