A small resident community of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in Texas: Monitoring recommendations

Gulf of Mexico Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-21

  Irwin, Linda Jane ^a   Würsig, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; HABITAT USE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION SIZE; SITE FIDELITY;

GALVESTON BAY; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 4444334300     PISSN: 1087688X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18785/goms.2201.02     Document Type: Article

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