Unique seasonal forage bases within a local population of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Olin, Jill A ^a   Fair, Patricia A ^b   Recks, Melissa A ^b,c   Zolman, Eric ^b   Adams, Jeff ^b   Fisk, Aaron T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

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

^c FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal; Estuaries; Foraging ecology; Marine mammals; Seasonal variation; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; COASTAL ZONE; DATA SET; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DOLPHIN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR;

CHARLESTON; EDISTO RIVER; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 84855204803     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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