Infant position in mother-calf dolphin pairs: Formation locomotion with hydrodynamic benefits

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 424, Issue , 2011, Pages 229-236

  Noren, S R ^a   Edwards, E F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; Formation; Kinematics; Locomotion; Odontocetes; Swimming

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; LOGISTICS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SWIMMING;

CETACEA; TREMATODA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 79952125276     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08986     Document Type: Article

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