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

Maritime traffic is an issue of major ecological concern, and vessel noise may be an important source of disturbance for coastal cetaceans. In the Sado estuary, Portugal, core habitat areas of a small resident population of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) overlap with routes of intense mari...

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Main Author: Luís, Ana Rita (author)
Other Authors: Couchinho, Miguel Nogueira (author), Santos, Manuel Eduardo dos (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Tursiops truncatus
Bottlenose dolphin
Acoustic behavior
Maritime traffic
Underwater noise
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/3190
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ispa.pt:10400.12/3190

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/3190

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