Encounter rates of cetaceans in the Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic area

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1589-1599

  Boisseau, Oliver ^a   Lacey, Claire ^a   Lewis, Tim ^a   Moscrop, Anna ^a   Danbolt, Magnus ^a   McLanaghan, Richard ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE   (United States)

Author keywords

cetacean; distribution; Mediterranean Sea; visual surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862633095     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410000342     Document Type: Article

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