False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) sightings in continental shelf habitat off Gabon and Côte d'Ivoire (Africa)

Marine Biodiversity Records

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Weir, Caroline R ^a,b   Collins, Tim ^c,d   Cross, Terry ^e   Gill, Alison ^e   Elwen, Simon ^f,g   Unwin, Michael ^e   Parnell, Richard J ^e  

^a Ketos Ecology   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d Environment Society of Oman   (Oman)

^e C/O Ketos Ecology ^*  (Gabon)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^g IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

continental shelf; diet; distribution range; Gulf of Guinea; habitat; marine debris; photo identification; site fidelity; Vocali Aations; water depth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897483306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17552672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755267213000389     Document Type: Article

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