Effects of human traffic on the movement patterns of Hawaiian spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) in Kealakekua bay, Hawaii

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 402-411

  Timmel, Gregory ^a   Courbis, Sarah ^b   Sargeant Green, Holly ^c   Markowitz, Hal ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c San Francisco State University ^*  (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Hawaii; Human traffic; Kealakekua; Movement patterns; Spinner dolphin; Stenella longirostris; Theodolite tracking

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DOLPHIN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; TRACKING;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KEALAKEKUA BAY; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA LONGIROSTRIS;

EID: 71149108271     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.34.4.2008.402     Document Type: Article

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