Improving management of overlapping bottlenose dolphin ecotypes through spatial analysis and genetics

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 502-514

  Torres, Leigh G ^a   Rosel, Patricia E ^b   D'Agrosa, Caterina ^a   Read, Andrew J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance estimates; Bottlenose dolphin; Management; Molecular analysis; Overlapping populations; Spatial analysis; Stock structure; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DOLPHIN; ECOTYPE; GENETICS; MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

(NORTHWEST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0038606285     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2003.tb01317.x     Document Type: Article

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