Differences in acoustic signals from Delphinids in the western North Atlantic and northern Gulf of Mexico

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-56

  Baron, Susan C ^a,b,c   Martinez, Anthony ^a   Garrison, Lance P ^a   Keith, Edward O ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic spotted dolphin; Bottlenose dolphin; Globicephala spp.; Intraspecific difference; Pilot whale; Stenella frontalis; Tursiops truncatus; Whistle

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DOLPHIN; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; SIGNALING; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

DELPHINIDAE; GLOBICEPHALA; MAMMALIA; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA FRONTALIS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 39049132872     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.00168.x     Document Type: Article

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