Overlooking a potential hotspot at Great Barrier Island for the nationally endangered bottlenose dolphin of New Zealand

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 97-114

  Dwyer, Sarah L ^a   Tezanos Pinto, Gabriela ^a   Visser, Ingrid N ^b   Pawley, Matthew D M ^a   Meissner, Anna M ^a   Berghan, Jo ^c   Stockin, Karen A ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Orca Research Trust   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Home range; Hotspot; Mark recapture; Photo identification; Population abundance; Robust design; Site fidelity; Survival; Tursiops truncatus; User pays research

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DOLPHIN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HOME RANGE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SITE FIDELITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SURVIVAL;

AUCKLAND; GREAT BARRIER ISLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 84928186476     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00613     Document Type: Article

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