Survival of bottlenose dolphin (tursiops sp.) calves at a wild dolphin provisioning program, Tangalooma, Australia

David T Neil; Bonnie J Holmes

doi:10.2752/089279308X274065

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Survival of bottlenose dolphin (tursiops sp.) calves at a wild dolphin provisioning program, Tangalooma, Australia

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Survival of bottlenose dolphin (tursiops sp.) calves at a wild dolphin provisioning program, Tangalooma, Australia

David T Neil and Bonnie J Holmes

Anthrozoos, Vol.21(1), pp.57-69

2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2752/089279308X274065

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bottlenose dolphin

calf survival

Moreton Bay

provisioning

Tangalooma

Mortality of calves born to provisioned mothers is identified in the literature as an issue of concern in dolphin provisioning programs. Wild dolphin provisioning at Tangalooma, Moreton Island, Australia has been occurring since 1992. Each evening, up to eight dolphins are provided with fish in a regulated provisioning program. In this paper, calf survival at the Tangalooma provisioning program is reported and contrasted with that from wild populations and from a similar provisioning program at Monkey Mia, Western Australia. At Tangalooma, the calf survival rate is 100%, including both orphaned and first-born calves, both of which are expected to have relatively low survival rates. Possible explanations for the high calf survival rate are explored. These include site attributes such as isolated location and high water quality, aspects of foraging ecology likely to benefit calves of provisioned mothers, and the management regime used in the provisioning program (e.g., duration and timing of provisioning; quality of provisioned fish).

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Title: Survival of bottlenose dolphin (tursiops sp.) calves at a wild dolphin provisioning program, Tangalooma, Australia
Authors: David T Neil (Author) - University of Queensland
Bonnie J Holmes (Author) - Queensland Department of Primary Industries
Publication details: Anthrozoos, Vol.21(1), pp.57-69
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc.
DOI: 10.2752/089279308X274065
ISSN: 0892-7936
Organisation Unit: School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450985602621
Output Type: Journal article

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