Environmental characterization of seasonal trends and foraging habitat of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in northern Gulf of Mexico bays

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-86

  Miller, Cara E ^a   Baltz, Donald M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 76149122519     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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