Risso's dolphins alter daily resting pattern in response to whale watching at the Azores

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Visser, Fleur, Hartman, Karin L., Rood, Ente J. J., Hendriks, Arthur J. E., Zult, Daan B., Wolff, Wim J., Huisman, Jef, Pierce, Graham J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Risso's dolphin; Grampus griseus; whale watching; Azores; behavioral budget; land observations; resting behavior; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHINS; ORCINUS-ORCA; SAMPLING METHODS; TURSIOPS SPP; NEW-ZEALAND; TOUR BOATS; BEHAVIOR; DISTURBANCE; FLORIDA; MODEL; Lookout; New Zealand; Orca; Orcinus orca
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11370/a7efd9a6-cc0a-41d3-9d66-b3c85c1ebe76; https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/a7efd9a6-cc0a-41d3-9d66-b3c85c1ebe76; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00398.x

P>Behavioral responses of Risso's dolphins (Grampus griseus) to whale watching vessels were studied off Pico Island, Azores. Dolphin behavior was studied from a land-based lookout, enabling observations of groups in the absence and presence of vessels. The number of whale watching vessels sh...