Social dynamics and activity patterns of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in Jervis bay, Southeastern Australia

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Volumn 1998, Issue 120, 1998, Pages 181-189

  Moller L M ^a   Harcourt, R G ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Behaviour; Bottlenose dolphins; Jervis bay; Photo identification; Population structure; Site fidelity; Social dynamics; Southeastern Australia; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001072240     PISSN: 0370047X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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