The first systematic mark-recapture effort to assess the abundance and survival rates of highly exposed dolphins, providing valuable insights for conservation and management.
We use photos to identify, catalog, and study marine mammals in the Southeast. These photos provide important information about the health, social structure, abundance, and distribution of marine mammal populations.
The goals of this study were to conduct photographic‐identification surveys during 2015 and 2016 to determine abundance, distribution, and site fidelity of common bottlenose dolphins in the St Andrew Bay Bays, Sounds and Estuary (BSE) Stock over four primary periods (July and October 2015, and April and October 2016).