Sequential foraging behaviour of bottlenose dolphins, tursiops truncatus, in Sarasota Bay, FL

Behaviour

Volumn 139, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1125-1145

  Nowacek, Douglas P ^a,b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b c/o NE Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

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EID: 0036708827     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685390260437290     Document Type: Article

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