Decline in local abundance of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Tezanos Pinto, Gabriela ^a,d   Constantine, Rochelle ^a   Brooks, Lyndon ^b,e   Jackson, Jennifer A ^a,c   Mourão, Fabiana ^a   Wells, Sarah ^a,d   Scott Baker, C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance estimates; Bottlenose dolphin; Marine mammals; MARK; Mark recapture; Photo identification; POPAN; Population decline; Robust design; Survival; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DOLPHIN; EMIGRATION; HABITAT USE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SURVIVAL;

BAY OF ISLANDS [NORTHLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; NORTHLAND;

MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 84885859815     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mms.12008     Document Type: Article

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