Influence of trawling on the behaviour and spatial distribution of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in Moreton Bay, Australia

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1947-1955

  Chilvers, B Louise ^a,b   Corkeron, Peter J ^a,c   Puotinen, Marji L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OCEAN HABITATS;

MARINE WILDLIFE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BIODIVERSITY;

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DOLPHIN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT USE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAWLING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND;

CORYPHAENIDAE; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 1642381156     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-195     Document Type: Article

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