Advances in cetacean telemetry: A review of single‐pin transmitter attachment techniques on small cetaceans and development of a new satellite‐linked transmitter …

BC Balmer, RS Wells, LE Howle… - Marine Mammal …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Electronic tags have proven to be valuable tools in assessing small cetacean movement and
behavior. However, problems associated with tag size and attachment have limited duration …

Evaluating postintervention survival of free‐ranging odontocete cetaceans

RS Wells, DA Fauquier, FMD Gulland… - Marine Mammal …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Until recently, few data were available for evaluating postintervention survival of free‐
ranging cetaceans receiving aid from humans through: rescue from stranding, with …

LONG DISTANCE OFFSHORE MOVEMENTS OF BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS1

RS Wells, HL Rhinehart, P Cunningham… - Marine Mammal …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Despite recent progress defining the morphological and genetic characteristics of forms of
the bottlenose dolphin inhabiting offshore waters, little is known of their behavior or ranging …

Patterns of movement

PT Stevick, BJ McConnell… - Marine mammal biology …, 2002 - books.google.com
Resources in the marine environment tend to be patchily distributed. Patchiness is simply a
form of variability where the resources are clumped rather than distributed randomly or …

Integrating multiple techniques to identify stock boundaries of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

BC Balmer, RS Wells, LH Schwacke… - Aquatic …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Under US policy, a stock is a group of animals shown to be demographically independent
from other such groups. Evidence of demographic delineations for marine mammal stocks is …

Remote sensing of animals

TW Gillespie - Progress in Physical Geography, 2001 - journals.sagepub.com
The improved accuracy and precision of animal tracking via satellites has made a significant
impact on quantifying large-scale biogeographic patterns for a variety of taxa with important …

The post-release fate of hand-reared orphaned bats: survival and habitat selection

MT Serangeli, L Cistrone, L Ancillotto, A Tomassini… - Animal …, 2012 - cambridge.org
Although bats are frequently admitted to rescue centres—mainly as orphans—very little
information is available on their survival after release. Our study answered the following …

[PDF][PDF] Twenty-five years of rehabilitation of odontocetes stranded in central and northern California, 1977 to 2002

KA Zagzebski, FMD Gulland, M Haulena… - Aquatic …, 2006 - academia.edu
Rehabilitation of stranded cetaceans is receiving increasing attention and involves
considerable financial and personnel resources, although the survival rate appears to be …

Clinical assessment and postrelease monitoring of 11 mass stranded dolphins on Cape Cod, Massachusetts

K Sampson, C Merigo, K Lagueux, J Rice… - Marine Mammal …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The health, postrelease movements, and behavior of mass stranded Atlantic white‐sided
dolphins (Lagenorhynchus acutus) and short‐beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) …