Surface behavior of bottlenose dolphins is related to spatial arrangement of prey

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 287-298

  Acevedo Gutiérrez, Alejandro ^a   Parker, Nadine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Behavior; Bottlenose dolphins; Feeding; Prey location; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DOLPHIN; PREY LOCATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0343673985     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2000.tb00925.x     Document Type: Article

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