Mark-recapture estimates of seasonal abundance and survivorship for bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) near Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-162

  Speakman, Todd R ^a   Lane, Suzanne M ^a   Schwacke, Lori H ^a   Fair, Patricia A ^a   Zolman, Eric S ^a  

^a CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance estimate; Bottlenose dolphin; Mark recapture; North america; Northern hemisphere; Photo id; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL ZONE; DOLPHIN; ESTIMATION METHOD; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVORSHIP; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; CHARLESTON; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

POLLACHIUS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 79952659842     PISSN: 15610713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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