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Dusky Dolphin

Educational resources on Dusky Dolphin

Dusky Dolphin or Lagenorhynchus obscurus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Data Deficient . IUCN Profile of the Dusky Dolphin

Academic web links for the Dusky Dolphin.


ADW: Lagenorhynchus obscurus: Information
A dusky dolphin has a bluish-black tail and back. A dark band runs diagonally across the flanks from below the dorsal fin towards the vent and along the tailstock.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Lagenorhynchus_obscurus.html

Dusky dolphin foraging
This work is a collaboration with Bernd Wursig and his graduate students at Texas A&M University
www2.hawaii.edu/~benoit/duskies.html

Dusky Dolphins
The Dusky Dolphin eats anchovies, squid, and schools of shrimp. They live in groups of 6 to 15 dolphins. They are very active dolphins and jump as a school many times.
facstaff.uwa.edu/jmccall/BY103/dusky_dolphins.htm

Dusky Dolphins
Title: Social behavior and activity of New Zealandâs Dusky Dolphin . When: 30 June 2004 . Who: Tim Markowitz . Tim recently graduated from Texas A&M Galveston with his Phd.
www.faculty.uaf.edu/ffrsb/outreach/talks/2004/dolphin.html

ASK Archive 2000: Dusky Dolphin
Hello, You can find your Dusky Dolphin information here: http://www.cetacea.org/dolphins.htm. and here: http://whale.wheelock.edu/whalenet-stuff/classifications.html
whale.wheelock.edu/archives/ask00/0239.html

Social organization of the New Zealand dusky dolphin
Title: Social organization of the New Zealand dusky dolphin: Author: Markowitz, Timothy Michael: Abstract: Social organization of dolphins in extensive societies has not been well
repository.tamu.edu/handle/1969.1/537

DUSKY DOLPHIN (LAGENORHYNCHUS OBSCURUS) FORAGING IN TWO DIFFERENT ...
...dusky dolphin (lagenorhynchus obscurus) foraging in two different habitats: active acoustic detection of dolphins and their prey k elly j. b enoit -b ird hawaii institute of marine
www2.hawaii.edu/~benoit/dusky%20foraging%20mms.pdf

BMC Evolutionary Biology
Bio Med Central Page 1 of 17 (page number not for citation purposes) BMC Evolutionary Biology Open Access Research article Multi-locus phylogeography of the dusky dolphin
www.hisl.ent.msu.edu/discussion/Cognata_et_al_2007.pdf

Mammal Species of the World - Browse: obscurus
Mammal Species of the World: Information on obscurus ... Author: Gray, 1828. Citation: Spicil. Zool., 1: 2. Common Name: Dusky Dolphin
www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=14300065

lagenorhynchus dolphins
The dusky dolphin is native to the offshore temperate waters of the Southern Hemisphere. Dusky dolphin Lagenorhynchus obscurus. Conservation
www3.canisius.edu/~noonan/cac/marine_mammals/lagenorhynchus_dolphins.htm







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