Ecology and comparison of coastal and offshore bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus) in California

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 584-593

  Bearzi, Maddalena ^a   Saylan, Charles A ^a   Hwang, Alice ^a  

^a Ocean Conservation Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Conservation; Distribution; Feeding; Habitat; Occurrence; Photo identification.

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOLPHIN; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPH; SITE FIDELITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 67650945158     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF08279     Document Type: Article

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