Some reproductive parameters of an estuarine population of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus)

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-92

  Steiner, Aude ^a,b   Bossley, Mike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b WHALE AND DOLPHIN CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adelaide; Birth rate; Calf mortality; Indo Pacific bottlenose dolphin; Inter birth interval; Port River estuary; Reproduction; Seasonality; South Australia; Tursiops aduncus

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DOLPHIN; ESTUARINE ORGANISM; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEASONALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS;

EID: 54149099951     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.34.1.2008.84     Document Type: Article

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