Investigating the potential for individually distinctive signature whistles to be used in mark-recapture of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Mark-recapture is used to investigate the abundance, survival and social relationships and even individual-specific habitat use of a number of species. Several studies suggest that individually distinctive acoustic signals could be used in a mark-recapture framework. We investigated the potential of...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rashley, Gemma
Other Authors: Jacobs David
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2017
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23784