A rare sighting of the Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria

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Scarpaci, Carol, Bigger, Stephen W, Saville, Troy A and Nugegoda, Dayanthi (1999) A rare sighting of the Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria. The Victorian Naturalist, 116 (2). pp. 65-67. ISSN 0042-5184

Abstract

This paper reports a sighting of two Common Dolphins Delphinus delphis off Blairgowrie in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria. Once the dolphins were sighted they were continuously observed using an instanteous sampling technique to document focal group activity. The Common Dolphins were continuously observed for a total of four hours. The preferred shore distance of these Common Dolphins was 150 m in a water depth of 10-15 m. The most common behaviour observed was feeding behaviour (87.5%) followed by social behaviour (10.4%) and travel behaviour (2.1%). Two whistles and one echolocation pulse were recorded during the observation period.

Item type Article
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/24360
Subjects Historical > FOR Classification > 0502 Environmental Science and Management
Historical > FOR Classification > 0602 Ecology
Current > Division/Research > College of Science and Engineering
Keywords dolphin sightings, monitoring, observation, watching, behaviour, vocalisations, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, metres, 1995
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