The effects of aquaculture on bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops sp.) ranging in Shark Bay, Western Australia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 519-526

  Watson Capps, Jana J ^a   Mann, Janet ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Displacement; Oyster farm; Ranging; Tursiops sp.

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT USE; MARICULTURE; OYSTER CULTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; CORYPHAENIDAE; OSTREIDAE; PINCTADA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 17644384869     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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