3D MASC: a method for estimating relative head angle and spatial distance of dolphins from underwater video footage

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1181-1186

  Gregg, Justin D ^a,b   Dudzinski, Kathleen M ^b   Smith, Howard V ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Dolphin Communication Project   (United States)

Author keywords

3D MASC; estimate; Indo Pacific bottlenose dolphin; measurement; morphology; scale; scaling; skull; Tursiops aduncus

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; ESTIMATION METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; SKULL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNDERWATER CAMERA; VIDEOGRAPHY;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS;

EID: 39449093424     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.09.009     Document Type: Note

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