A robust baseline for bottlenose dolphin abundance in coastal Moreton Bay: A large carnivore living in a region of escalating anthropogenic impacts

Wildlife Research

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 593-605

  Lukoschek, Vimoksalehi ^a,c   Chilvers, B Louise ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARNIVORE; COASTAL ZONE; DOLPHIN; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; PROBABILITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND;

CETACEA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS;

EID: 56649103802     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR07021     Document Type: Article

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