Behavior patterns of bottlenose dolphins in San Luis Pass, Texas

Gulf of Mexico Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-161

  Henderson, E Elizabeth ^a,b   Würsig, Bernd ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DOLPHIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; NICHE PARTITIONING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GALVESTON BAY; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; SAN LUIS PASS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CETACEA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 51449099628     PISSN: 1087688X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18785/goms.2502.06     Document Type: Article

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