Social structure of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in Panama City, Florida

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1685-1692

  Bouveroux, Th ^a   Mallefet, J ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Biologie Marine   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alliances; Bottlenose dolphin; Fission fusion; Social structure; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COASTAL ZONE; DOLPHIN; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; PANAMA CITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 80054716017     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409991251     Document Type: Article

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