Acoustic monitoring of habitat use by bottlenose dolphins in Doubtful Sound, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 637-649

  Elliott, R G ^a   Dawson, S M ^a   Henderson, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Bottlenose dolphin; Diel; Echolocation; Foraging; Habitat; Monitoring; Seasonal; T POD

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT; ACOUSTIC SURVEY; DIEL VARIATION; DOLPHIN; ECHOLOCATION; FJORD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

DOUBTFUL SOUND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

EID: 84857266658     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2011.570351     Document Type: Article

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