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  title info:
    title: Bottlenose dolphins of San Luis Pass, Texas
    sub title: occurrencs patterns, site fidelity, and habitat use
  name:
    name part: Maze, Katherine Suzanne.
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    date issued: 1997
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    form: remote
    extent: x, 80 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
  abstract: (COAS) were calculated for all individuals identified more
  abstract: (Gulf). Group sizes ranged from I to 29 with a median of
  abstract: 10.5 and mean of I 1.0 ( ︢SD 8.37). A significant difference
  abstract: 1995-96 were present in 1990, suggesting that some dolphins
  abstract: 3.74). A seasonal calving peak occurred between late March
  abstract: a 12-month (1995-96) study of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops
  abstract: affiliates for Bay animals ranged from I 46, with an overall
  abstract: and mid-July. Distribution shifted from Chocolate Bay in the
  abstract: animals were resighted in Galveston Bay, an indication of
  abstract: area in 1990. Fourteen of 71 (19.7%) animals identified in
  abstract: assess the potential impact of humans and industry on this
  abstract: Boat-based photo-identification surveys were conducted during
  abstract: coastal movements between study sites. Results were compared
  abstract: compared to photographs taken during weekly surveys of
  abstract: exhibit longterm site fidelity to this area. To investigate
  abstract: Galveston Bay (approximately 48 km away) in 1995. Three
  abstract: Groups containing calves (mean = 14.9 ︢SD 7.29) were
  abstract: identified, including 37 residents (Bay) and 34 transients
  abstract: in group size by season was documented, with largest and
  abstract: indices between residents (median = 0.455). COAs for known
  abstract: located at the northeastern end of Galveston Island, to
  abstract: male pairs were among the highest recorded. During all
  abstract: mean of 33.27 ( ︢SD 9.904). Coefficients of association
  abstract: movement patterns, dolphins identified in San Luis Pass were
  abstract: observed behavior. Individuals identified during this study
  abstract: of Galveston Island. Seventy-one individuals were
  abstract: relatively undisturbed area located at the southwestern end
  abstract: seasons except spring, feeding was the most frequently
  abstract: significantly larger than non-calf groups (mean = 3.3 ︢SD
  abstract: smallest groups present during spring and fall, respectively.
  abstract: species' distribution and behavior.
  abstract: summer to the Gulf of Mexico during winter. Number of
  abstract: than five times, resulting in relatively high association
  abstract: to previous findings from Galveston Bay, an industrial area
  abstract: truncatus, in San Luis Pass/Chocolate Bay, Texas, a
  abstract: were compared with 63 individuals identified in the study
  note: by Katherine Suzanne Maze.
  note: "Major subject: Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences".
  note: Vita.
  note: Also available online.
  note: Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
  note: M.S. Texas A&M University 1997.
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  subject:
    topic: Major wildlife and fisheries sciences
  identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1997-THESIS-M39
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      url: https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1997-THESIS-M39
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 980226
    record change date: 20220103134748.0
    record identifier: in00001407182