Residency pattern of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops spp. in Milford Sound, New Zealand, is related to boat traffic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 295, Issue , 2005, Pages 265-272

  Lusseau, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area avoidance; Bottlenose dolphin; Habitat use; Tourism impact; Tursiops

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BOATING; DOLPHIN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOTOURISM; HABITAT USE;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; FIORDLAND; MILFORD SOUND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND; WORLD;

CORYPHAENIDAE; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 22744440522     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps295265     Document Type: Article

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