Home ranges of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Indian river Lagoon, Florida: Environmental correlates and implications for management strategies

EcoHealth

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 278-288

  Mazzoil, Marilyn ^a   Reif, John S ^b   Youngbluth, Marsh ^a   Murdoch, M Elizabeth ^a   Bechdel, Sarah E ^a   Howells, Elisabeth ^a   McCulloch, Stephen D ^a   Hansen, Larry J ^c   Bossart, Gregory D ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Ecosystem health; Environmental characterization; Home range; Indian River Lagoon; Photo identification

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME RANGE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAGOON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; ANIMAL; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; POPULATION DENSITY; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 64049118376     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-008-0194-9     Document Type: Article

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