Association patterns of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) off Point Lookout, Queensland, Australia

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 973-979

  Chilvers, B Louise ^a   Corkeron, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ASSOCIATION PATTERNS;

BIOLOGY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOLPHIN; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS;

EID: 0036434995     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-075     Document Type: Article

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