The use of auditory stimulants during swim encounters with Hector's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus hectori hectori) in Akaroa Harbour, New Zealand

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Martinez, Emmanuelle ^a,b   Orams, Mark B ^a,b   Pawley, Matt D M ^a   Stockin, Karen A ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Akaroa Harbour; Auditory stimulants; Cephalorhynchus hectori hectori; Hector's dolphin; Management; New Zealand; Swim with dolphin; Tourism

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DOLPHIN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

AKAROA HARBOUR; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

CEPHALORHYNCHUS HECTORI;

EID: 84863527490     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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