Radio-tracking and survivorship of two rehabilitated bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-64

  Mazzoil, Marilyn S ^a   McCulloch, Stephen D ^a   Youngbluth, Marsh J ^a   Kilpatrick, David S ^a,b   Murdoch, M Elizabeth ^a   Mase Guthrie, Blair ^c   Odell, Daniel K ^d   Bossart, Gregory D ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Southside Veterinary Hospital   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d SeaWorld Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Rehabilitation; Release; Survivorship; Telemetry; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; RADIOTELEMETRY; SURVIVAL; TRACKING;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; INDIAN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 54149104615     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.34.1.2008.54     Document Type: Article

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