A biopsy pole system for bow-riding dolphins: Sampling success, behavioral responses, and test for sampling bias

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 218-225

  Bilgmann, Kerstin ^a   Griffiths, Owen J ^b   Allen, Simon J ^a   Möller, Luciana M ^a   Bilgmann, K ^c   Gibbs, S ^c   Harcourt, R ^c,c   Griffiths, L ^c   Wiszniewski, J ^c   Beheregaray, L ^c   McNeil, D ^c   Kowalewsky, A ^c   Peddemors, V ^c   Estes, J ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Advance II   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DOLPHIN; SAMPLING BIAS;

EID: 33846046452     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2006.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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