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Prevalence and impacts of motorized vessels on Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida

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Date Issued:
2009
Title: Prevalence and impacts of motorized vessels on Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida.
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Name(s): Bechdel, Sarah E., creator
Mazzoil, Marilyn S., creator
Murdoch, M. Elizabeth, creator
Howells, Elisabeth M., creator
Reif, John S., creator
McCulloch, Stephen D., creator
Schaefer, Adam M., creator
Bossart, Gregory D., creator
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Issuance: single unit
Date Issued: 2009
Publisher: European Association for Aquatic Mammals
Extent: 12 p.
Physical Description: pdf
Language(s): English
Identifier: 1587644 (digitool), FADT1587644 (IID), fau:5457 (fedora), 10.1578/AM.35.3.2009.367 (doi)
Note(s): Vessel-based anthropogenic impacts on bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Indian River Lagoon (IRL), Florida, were investigated by quantifying visible physical injuries to dorsal fins from photo-identification data collected from 1996 to 2006. Forty-three dolphins, 6.0% of the distinctly marked population, had injuries related to vessel impact. Impact was determined from previously published vessel-related wound definitions and the elimination of other possible wound sources. Spatial distribution was determined by dividing the IRL into six segments based on hydrodynamics and geographic features.
This article was published by the European Association for Aquatic Mammals http://www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/ and may be cited as Bechdel, Sarah E., Marilyn S. Mazzoil, Elizabeth Murdoch, Elisabeth M. Howells, John S. Reif, Stephen D. McCulloch, Adam M. Schaefer, and Gregory D. Bossart. (2009) Aquatic Mammals, 35(3), 367‐377 doi:10.1578/AM.35.3.2009.367
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1796.
Subject(s): Bottlenose dolphin --Research --United States
Bottlenose dolphin
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1587644
Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.35.3.2009.367
Restrictions on Access: ©2009 European Association for Aquatic Mammals
Host Institution: FAU