Residence patterns of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Stono River estuary, Charleston County, South Carolina, U.S.A.

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 879-892

  Zolman, Eric Samuel ^a,b  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Migration; Photo identification; Residence; Stock structure; Transients; Tursiops truncatus; Video identification

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; ESTUARY; MIGRATION;

SOUTH CAROLINA; STONO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0036774997     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2002.tb01079.x     Document Type: Article

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