Potential effects of a major hurricane on Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) reproduction in the Mississippi Sound

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 707-715

  Miller, Lance J ^a,b   Mackey, Angela D ^a   Hoffland, Tim ^c   Solangi, Moby ^c   Kuczaj, Stan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Institute for Marine Mammal Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FISHING VESSEL; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; NATURAL DISASTER; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; WILD POPULATION;

MISSISSIPPI SOUND; UNITED STATES;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 77954473502     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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