Seasonality of calving and predation risk in bottlenose dolphins on Little Bahama Bank

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 402-411

  Fearnbach, Holly ^a   Durban, John ^a,b,c   Parsons, Kim ^a,b   Claridge, Diane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b BAHAMAS MARINE MAMMAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (Bahamas)

^c CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DOLPHIN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEASONALITY; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LITTLE BAHAMA BANK;

TURSIOPS;

EID: 84860249757     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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