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    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

    Mason S 2017.pdf (8.486Mb)
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    Open access
    Authors
    Mason, Suzanne Jane
    Date
    2016
    Supervisor
    Dr Chandra Salgado Kent
    Type
    Thesis
    Award
    PhD
    
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    Faculty
    Science and Engineering
    School
    Applied Science
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57384
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    Abstract

    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 reproductively active females. The community’s seasonal occurrence and behaviour along the embayment’s south-east coast was strongly associated with conditions amenable to prey availably. This atypical habitat preference exposes them to anthropogenic activities not typically considered for common dolphins.

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