Short-term effects of boat traffic on bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in Sarasota Bay, Florida

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 673-688

  Nowacek, Stephanie M ^a   Wells, Randall S ^a   Solow, Andrew R ^b  

^a MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Boat; Bottlenose dolphin; Conservation; Disturbance responses; Florida; Interbreath interval; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

BOATING; DIVING BEHAVIOR; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; NATURE CONSERVATION; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

FLORIDA; SARASOTA BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0035180066     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2001.tb01292.x     Document Type: Article

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