Diving deep in a foraging hotspot: Acoustic insights into bottlenose dolphin dive depths and feeding behaviour

Marine Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1181-1188

  Hastie, G D ^a,c   Wilson, B ^b   Thompson, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVING BEHAVIOR; DOLPHIN; ECHOLOCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR;

CETACEA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 33344465728     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0143-x     Document Type: Article

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