Diurnal behavior of free-ranging bottlenose dolphins in the Kvarneric (northern Adriatic Sea)

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1065-1097

  Bearzi, Giovanni ^a   Politi, Elena ^a   Di Sciara, Giuseppe Notarbartolo ^b  

^a Tethys Research Institute and IUCN Task Force on Marine Mammal Protected Areas   (Italy)

^b ICRAM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Behavior; Bottlenose dolphin; Group size; Mediterranean Sea; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; DOLPHIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0032747863     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00878.x     Document Type: Article

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