Response of travelling bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) to experimental approaches by a powerboat in Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 363-372

  Lemon, Michelle ^a   Lynch, Tim P ^a,b   Cato, Douglas H ^c   Harcourt, Robert G ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Jervis Bay Marine Park   (Australia)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Behaviour; Bottlenose dolphin; Conservation; Disturbance

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOACOUSTICS; BOATING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; DOLPHIN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; JERVIS BAY;

CETACEA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 28544436988     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.08.016     Document Type: Article

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