Spatial range, social structure and behaviour of ‘resident’ short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in the Port Phillip embayment: considerations for their future management and conservation

This study investigated a small community of around 30 short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) that show atypical residency to shallow, urbanised Port Phillip Bay, south-eastern Australia. Social structure analyses revealed non-random associations among 12 resident adults, mainly reproducti...

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Main Author: Mason, Suzanne Jane
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57384