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Home on the range
| Title: | Home on the range: spatial ecology of Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) in the Bahamas. |
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| Name(s): |
Augliere, Bethany. Charles E. Schmidt College of Science Department of Biological Sciences |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Date Issued: | 2012 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Physical Form: | electronic | |
| Extent: | xi,, 79 p. : ill. (some col.) | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | I examined summer home range use of Altantic spotted dolphins in the Bahamas from 1991-2004. Home ranges for 86 dolphins using the 95% Fixed Kernel Density (FKD) estimator averages 62.o km2+=22.96 km2 and ranged from 24.8 km2 to 148.4 km2. Older animals and males had the largest ranges. Home range size did not vary with female reproductive status. core areas were defined by the 50% FKD contour and averaged 10.32 km2 +=5.47 km2. Habitat use was different between reproductive states for females. Non-reproductively active (NRA) females used deeped habitat. Behavioral use of the home range varied spatially. The core area was an important foraging area for males and reproductively active females. NRA females foraged more outside their core area compared to the core area. | |
| Identifier: | 827535897 (oclc), 3358277 (digitool), FADT3358277 (IID), fau:4002 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
by Bethany Augliere. Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2012. Includes bibliography. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Reader. |
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| Subject(s): |
Social behavior of animals Dolphins -- Bahamas -- Geographical distribution Dolphins -- Bahamas -- Habitat |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3358277 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
