Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) abundance, site fidelity, and group dynamics in the Marlborough sounds, New Zealand

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 511-522

  Merriman, Monika G ^a   Markowitz, Tim M ^b   Harlin Cognato, April D ^c   Stockin, Karen A ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Group composition; Group size; Mark recapture; Marlborough sounds; Movements; New Zealand; Site fidelity; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DOLPHIN; GROUP BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; POPULATION MIGRATION; SITE FIDELITY;

MARLBOROUGH; MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 77951725276     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.35.4.2009.511     Document Type: Article

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