Fine-scale population structure of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in tampa bay, Florida

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 619-638

  Urian, Kim W ^a   Hofmann, Sue ^a   Wells, Randall S ^a   Read, Andrew J ^b  

^a MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Association patterns; Bottlenose dolphins; Community structure; Home range; Photo identification; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DOLPHIN; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SITE FIDELITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; SARASOTA BAY; TAMPA BAY; UNITED STATES;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 67849121795     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2009.00284.x     Document Type: Article

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