Ecological characteristics contribute to sponge distribution and tool use in bottlenose dolphins Tursiops sp.

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 444, Issue , 2012, Pages 143-153

  Tyne, Julian A ^a   Loneragan, Neil R ^a   Kopps, Anna M ^b,c   Allen, Simon J ^a   Krützen, Michael ^a,b,c   Bejder, Lars ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Digital elevation model; Dolphin behaviour; Shark Bay; Social transmission; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BAY; DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DOLPHIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEAGRASS; SPONGE; TOOL USE; TRANSECT; WATER DEPTH;

AUSTRALIA; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; ECHINODICTYUM MESENTERINUM; TURSIOPS;

EID: 84855674675     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09410     Document Type: Article

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