Download or read book Coastal Stock s of Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Status of the Photo identification Catalog of Coastal Bottlenose Dolphins of the Western North Atlantic written by Kim Wainwright Urian and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book U S Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Stock Assessments 1999 written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Method for Prioritizing Research on Common Bottlenose Dolphin Stocks Through Evaluating Threats and Data Availability written by Nicole M. Phillips and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, is a well-known marine mammal widespread throughout the bays, sounds and estuaries (BSEs) of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Thirty-one stocks of common bottlenose dolphins have been delimited in the BSE environments from the Florida Keys to the Texas-Mexico border. For many of the stocks, up-to-date information necessary for accurate assessment of their status is limited. While it would be ideal to have well characterized biological data for all T. truncatus stocks, this is not a realistic short or medium-term goal given the limited resources that are available for the conservation and management of a single species. Thus, a method to objectively prioritize stocks relative to one other for basic stock assessment research would aid the decision making process and allow resources to be directed where they would be the most effective for meeting research and management objectives. Here we develop a Threat Assessment Priority Scoring System, incorporating an assessment of the number and severity of threats impacting a given stock and an evaluation of the quality of data available for performing a stock assessment. To generate the priority scores, a thorough literature search is first conducted to develop a summary of the presence, severity and impact of 19 potential stressors for each stock area, and a Cumulative Threats Score (CTS) is calculated from this information. Next, the quality of available stock assessment data for a stock (i.e., the quality of the available information on stock structure, abundance and mortality) obtained primarily from the most recent Stock Assessment Report (SAR) is evaluated and used to generate a Data Assessment Score (DAS). Together, the CTS and DAS are used to determine whether a particular stock should be given low, medium or high priority for research. In this process, it is not simply the level of threat(s) faced nor the amount (or lack of) of data available for a stock that leads to the prioritization of one stock over another. Rather, it is the interplay of these two categories that is important; so in theory, stocks with limited amounts of data available that face a high level of threats should be prioritized above stocks with more data availability and moderate to low levels of threats. It is hoped this assessment method could be extended to coastal and pelagic cetacean stocks in the Gulf and Northwest Atlantic. This document describes the threat assessment process and explains the rationale behind each of the scores used to produce a final assessment of the priority of a given stock. It then provides a complete summary of the literature reviews performed for each of the seven BSE stocks in Texas and the final scoring for each of these stocks. All seven BSE stocks in Texas scored a high priority. This is not unexpected because none have recent abundance estimates or information on population structure. Galveston Bay, Laguna Madre and Corpus Christ had the highest cumulative threats scores while Sabine Lake had the lowest, though this low score is partially attributed to a lack of comprehensive information on the threats in this area. It is expected that future documents will provide the literature review summaries and final CTS and DAS for the remaining BSE stocks in the Gulf of Mexico. doi:10.7289/V5F769H8 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5F769H8)
Download or read book Results of a Field Collection of Biopsy Samples from Coastal Bottlenose Dolphin in the Mid Atlantic written by John Nicolas and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Bottlenose Dolphin written by John E. Reynolds, III and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bottlenose Dolphin presents for the first time a comprehensive, colorfully illustrated, and concise overview of a species that has fascinated humans for at least 3,000 years. After reviewing historical myths and legends of the dolphin back to the ancient Greeks and discussing current human attitudes and interactions, the author replaces myths with facts--up-to-date scientific assessment of dolphin evolution, behavior, ecology, morphology, reproduction, and genetics--while also tackling the difficult issues of dolphin conservation and management. Although comprehensive enough to be of great value to professionals, educators, and students, the book is written in a manner that all dolphin lovers will enjoy. Randall Wells’s anecdotes interspersed throughout the work offer a first-hand view of dolphin encounters and research based on three decades working with them. Color photographs and nearly 100 black and white illustrations, including many by National Geographic photographer Flip Nicklin, beautifully enhance the text.
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Download or read book Biology of Marine Mammals written by John E. Reynolds and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 1999-09-17 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking an integrated approach to the biology of marine carnivores, cetaceans, and sirenians, twenty-two prominent researchers compare marine mammals with one another and with terrestrial mammals, providing a framework for fundamental biological and ecological concepts. They describe functional morphology, sensory systems, energetics, reproduction, communication and cognition, behavior, distribution, population biology, and feeding ecology. They also detail the physiological adaptations—for such activities and processes as diving, thermo-regulation, osmoregulation, and orientation—that enable marine mammals to exploit their aquatic environment.
Download or read book Status and Trends of the Nation s Biological Resources written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 994 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
