Variation in the whistle characteristics of short-beaked common dolphins, Delphinus delphis, at two locations around the British Isles

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-26

  Ansmann, Ina C ^a   Goold, John C ^a   Evans, Peter G H ^b   Simmonds, Mark ^c   Keith, Simon G ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Wellington Place   (United Kingdom)

^c Brookfield House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DOLPHIN; GROUP SIZE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NOISE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; VOCALIZATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELTIC SEA; ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

DELPHINIDAE; DELPHINUS DELPHIS;

EID: 33847347327     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407054963     Document Type: Article

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