Non-lethal shark attack on a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops sp.) calf

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 190-197

  Gibson, Quincy Anne ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SHARK;

CHONDRICHTHYES; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 32044466270     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2006.00012.x     Document Type: Article

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