A comparison of bottlenose dolphin whistles in the atlantic ocean: Factors promoting whistle variation

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1229-1240

  May Collado, Laura J ^a   Wartzok, Douglas ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient noise; Boat traffic; Costa Rica; Panama; Sotalia; Sympatry; Tursiops

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; SYMPATRY; VOCALIZATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; SOTALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 55249093918     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-310.1     Document Type: Article

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