Population size, distribution, and behavior of Indo-Pacific bottlenose (Tursiops aduncus) and humpback (Sousa chinensis) dolphins off the South coast of zanzibar

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 667-682

  Stensland, Eva ^a   Carlén, Ida ^a   Särnblad, Anna ^a   Bignert, Anders ^b   Berggren, Per ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behavioral ecology; Bycatch; Critical areas; Distribution; Dolphin tourism; Hunt; Mark recapture; Photo identification; Population size; TISS

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DOLPHIN; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION SIZE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TOURISM;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; SOUSA CHINENSIS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS;

EID: 33745021353     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2006.00051.x     Document Type: Article

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