SHORT-TERM BEHAVIOURAL RESPONSE OF BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS TURSIOPS ADUNCUS TO RECREATIONAL POWERBOATS

SHORT-TERM BEHAVIOURAL RESPONSE OF BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS TURSIOPS ADUNCUS TO RECREATIONAL POWERBOATS MICHELLE LEMON a b , DOUGLAS CATO a c , TIM LYNCH d & ROBERT HARCOURT b a Australian Marine Mammal Research Centre, P.O. Box 44, Pyrmont, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia b Marine Mammal Research Group, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia E-mail: c Defence Science & Technology Organisation, Pyrmont, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia d Jervis Bay Marine Park, Huskisson, NSW, Australia Published online: 13 Apr 2012.