Experimental return to the wild of two bottlenose dolphins

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-71

  Wells, Randall S ^a   Bassos Hull, Kim ^a   Norris, Kenneth S ^b  

^a MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Experimental design; Reintroduction; Return to the wild; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOURAL RESPONSE; CAPTIVITY; CAPTURE-RELEASE EXPERIMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

FLORIDA; TAMPA BAY; USA;

TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0031972871     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1998.tb00690.x     Document Type: Article

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