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Observations on the site fidelity of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida

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Date Issued:
2005
Title: Observations on the site fidelity of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida.
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Name(s): Mazzoil, Marilyn S., creator
McCulloch, Stephen D., creator
Defran, R. H., creator
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Issuance: single unit
Date Issued: 2005
Publisher: Florida Academy of Sciences, Inc.
Extent: 11 p.
Physical Description: pdf
Language(s): English
Identifier: 3177064 (digitool), FADT3177064 (IID), fau:5887 (fedora)
Note(s): Between July 1996 and October 2001, 190 boat-based photo-identification surveys were carried out on the population of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Florida's Indian River Lagoon. Survey effort varied geographically across and within study years, but was relatively high and consistent (number of surveys = 158. 83%) between 1998 and 2001 in the primary study area (PSA) between Sebastian Inlet in the north to Fort Pierce Inlet in the south. A total of 336 dolphins were photographically identified, with 149 of these individuals found in the PSA.
This manuscript is available at http://www.floridaacademyofsciences.org/flsci.htm and may be cited as: Mazzoil, M., McCulloch, S. D., & Defran, R. H. (2005). Observations on the site fidelity of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Florida Scientist, 68(4), 217-227.
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1617.
Subject(s): Bottlenose dolphin
Tursiops truncatus
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3177064
Restrictions on Access: ©2005 Florida Academy of Sciences, Inc.
Host Institution: FAU