Increased avoidance of swimmers by wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) due to long-term exposure to swim-with-dolphin tourism

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 689-702

  Constantine, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Human impact; Human dolphin interaction; Sensitization; Swim with dolphins; Tourism; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; DISTURBANCE; DOLPHIN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0035187094     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2001.tb01293.x     Document Type: Article

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