Behavioural responses of dusky dolphin groups (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) to tour vessels off Kaikoura, New Zealand

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Lundquist, David ^a   Gemmell, Neil J ^a   Würsig, Bernd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BREEDING; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOLPHIN; ECONOMIC ASPECT; LAGENORHYNCHUS OBSCURUS; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPRING; SUMMER; TOURISM; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; WINTER;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; DOLPHINS; INDUSTRY; MARKOV CHAINS; NEW ZEALAND; RECREATION; SEASONS; SHIPS; TIME FACTORS;

LAGENORHYNCHUS OBSCURUS;

EID: 84864271717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041969     Document Type: Article

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