Changes in the acoustic behavior of resident bottlenose dolphins near operating vessels

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1417-1426

  Luís, Ana Rita ^a,b   Couchinho, Miguel N ^a,b   dos Santos, Manuel E ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b Projecto Delfim Centro Português de Estudo Dos Mamíferos Marinhos   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acoustic behavior; Bottlenose dolphin; Maritime traffic; Tursiops truncatus; Underwater noise

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DOLPHIN; ECHOLOCATION; GROUP SIZE; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; UNDERWATER NOISE; VESSEL; VOCALIZATION;

PORTUGAL; SADO ESTUARY; SETUBAL [PORTUGAL];

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 84908367674     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mms.12125     Document Type: Article

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