Identification of a resident community of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in the Swan Canning Riverpark, Western Australia, using behavioural information

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 247-262

  Chabanne, Delphine ^a   Finn, Hugh ^a   Salgado Kent, Chandra ^b   Bejder, Lars ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Association pattern; Movement analyses; Site fidelity; SOCPROG 2.4; Temporal analyses

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DOLPHIN; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; SITE FIDELITY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; CANNING RIVER [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; SWAN RIVER [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84875729488     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc120247     Document Type: Article

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