Evaluation of a single-pin, satellite-linked transmitter deployed on bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) along the coast of Georgia, USA

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-192

  Balmer, Brian C ^a,b   Wells, Randall S ^a   Schwacke, Lori H ^c   Rowles, Teri K ^d   Hunter, Colin ^e   Zolman, Eric S ^c   Townsend, Forrest I ^f   Danielson, Barbara ^g   Westgate, Andrew J ^b   McLellan, William A ^b   Pabst, D Ann ^b  

^a MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

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

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^e Sirtrack Tracking Solutions   (New Zealand)

^f Bayside Hospital for Animals   (United States)

^g MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 79960829294     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.37.2.2011.187     Document Type: Note

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