Reproductive seasonality of Western Atlantic bottlenose dolphins off North Carolina, U.S.A.

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 617-629

  Thayer, Victoria G ^a   Read, Andrew J ^a   Friedlaender, Ari S ^a   Colby, David R ^b   Hohn, Aleta A ^b   McLellan, William A ^c   Pabst, D Ann ^c   Dearolf, Jennifer L ^d   Bowles, Nan I ^e   Russell, John R ^e   Rittmaster, Keith A ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA National Ocean Service   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^d HENDRIX COLLEGE   (United States)

^e North Carolina Maritime Museum   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphins; Circular analysis; Photo identification; Reproduction; Seasonality; Strandings; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; NEONATE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONALITY; STRANDING;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0142072771     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2003.tb01120.x     Document Type: Article

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