Abundance of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops aduncus, off point lookout, Queensland, Australia

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-095

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

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Management; Mark recapture; Photo identification; Population estimation; Tursiops aduncus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; DOLPHIN; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PHOTOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA; NORTH STRADBROKE ISLAND; QUEENSLAND;

CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS;

EID: 0037231216     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2003.tb01094.x     Document Type: Article

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