Site Fidelity of Coastal Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) off Southeast Florida, USA

Graysen D. Boehning; Barbara J. Brunnick; Stefan Harzen; Amy C. Hirons

doi:10.1578/am.49.3.2023.256

Site Fidelity of Coastal Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) off Southeast Florida, USA

Graysen D. Boehning
, Barbara J. Brunnick
, Stefan Harzen
, Amy C. Hirons

Nova Southeastern University

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Abstract

The coastal bottlenose dolphin is well studied throughout its natural range, though most research focuses on wide, well-protected habitats such as bays and estuaries rather than on narrow coastal sand banks. This study identifies a residential group of coastal bottlenose dolphins utilizing the northwestern Atlantic waters off the coast of Palm Beach County, Florida. From 2014 to 2020, 313 boat surveys were conducted, and 585 individual dolphins were identified using photo-identification. Using seasonal and annual resighting ratios, 24 dol-phins were considered full-time residents, 66 dol-phins were considered part-time residents, and 478 dolphins were transient.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	256-264
Number of pages	9
Journal	Aquatic Mammals
Volume	49
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1578/am.49.3.2023.256
State	Published - May 12 2023

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Aquatic Science
Animal Science and Zoology
Nature and Landscape Conservation

Keywords

bottle-nose dolphin
coastal
Florida
site fidelity
Tursiops truncatus

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