Trialling an automated passive acoustic detector (T-POD) with hector's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus hectori)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1015-1022

  Rayment, William ^a   Dawson, Steve ^a   Slooten, Liz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acoustic survey; Hector's dolphin; T POD; Theodolite

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; AUTOMATION; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; DETECTION METHOD; DOLPHIN; ECHOLOCATION;

AUSTRALASIA; BANKS PENINSULA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; FLEA BAY; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

CEPHALORHYNCHUS HECTORI; CETACEA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 69749105154     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409003129     Document Type: Article

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