Comparison of abundance and habitat usage for common bottlenose dolphins between sites exposed to differential anthropogenic stressors within the estuaries of southern Georgia, U.S.A

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Balmer, Brian C ^a,b   Schwacke, Lori H ^c   Wells, Randall S ^a   Adams, Jeffrey D ^d   Clay George, R ^e   Lane, Suzanne M ^c   Mclellan, William A ^b   Rosel, Patricia E ^d   Sparks, Kate ^e   Speakman, Todd ^c   Zolman, Eric S ^c   Ann Pabst, D ^b  

^a MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^e Georgia Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Anthropogenic stressors; Bottlenose dolphin; Density; Habitat use; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOLPHIN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT USE; PCB; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POPULATION DENSITY; SITE FIDELITY; TRIBUTARY;

BRUNSWICK ESTUARY [GEORGIA]; GEORGIA; TURTLE ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 84875886963     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00598.x     Document Type: Article

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