Tourism affects the behavioural budget of the common dolphin Delphinus sp. in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 355, Issue , 2008, Pages 287-295

  Stockin, Karen A ^a   Lusseau, David ^b   Binedell, Vicky ^a   Wiseman, Nicky ^c   Orams, Mark B ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Common dolphin; Delphinus sp.; Disturbance; Dolphin tourism; Foraging; Markov chain models; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DOLPHIN; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOTOURISM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARKOV CHAIN;

AUSTRALASIA; HAURAKI GULF; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

DELPHINUS; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; TURSIOPS;

EID: 41349114442     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07386     Document Type: Article

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