Demographic parameters of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) around Mikura Island, Japan

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 510-526

  Kogi, Kazunobu ^a   Hishii, Toru ^b   Imamura, Ayami ^c   Iwatani, Takako ^d   Dudzinski, Kathleen M ^e  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mikura jima Iruka Kyoukai   (Japan)

^c ICERC Japan ^*

^d Mystic Aquarium Inst for Explor   (Japan)

^e Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic parameters; Indo Pacific bottlenose dolphin; Reproductive parameters; Tursiops aduncus; Video identification

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MARINE MAMMAL; REPRODUCTION; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; IZU ISLANDS; JAPAN; MIKURA ISLAND; SHIZUOKA;

CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 3943100766     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2004.tb01176.x     Document Type: Review

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