Modeling response of target and nontarget dolphins to biopsy darting

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 926-932

  Gorgone, Antoinette M ^a   Haase, Patti A ^b   Griffith, Eric S ^a   Hohn, Aleta A ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Biopsy sampling; Bottlenose dolphin; Logistic regression; Predictive modeling; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; INDUCED RESPONSE; NONTARGET ORGANISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAROLINA; FOLLY BEACH; GREATER ANTILLES; NORTH AMERICA; PUERTO RICO; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 43249093906     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-202     Document Type: Article

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