Bottlenose dolphins increase breathing synchrony in response to boat traffic

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 74-084

  Hastie, Gordon D ^a   Wilson, Ben ^b   Tufft, Lindsay H ^a   Thompson, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Bottlenose dolphin; Calves; Conservation; Disturbance; SAC; Scotland; Surfacing pattern; Synchrony; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BOATING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; DOLPHIN;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0037233631     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2003.tb01093.x     Document Type: Article

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