The social structure of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in the Bahamas

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 688-708

  Rogers, Cindy A ^a,b   Brunnick, Barbara J ^c,d   Herzing, Denise L ^a,b   Baldwin, John D ^b  

^a Wild Dolphin Project   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Blue Dolphin Research   (United States)

^d Taurus Oceanographic Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Coefficients of association; Group size; Site fidelity; Social structure; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; GROUP SIZE; SITE FIDELITY; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CARIBBEAN SEA; GRAND BAHAMA;

CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 6344228280     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2004.tb01188.x     Document Type: Article

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