Bottlenose dolphins produce a variety of sounds, most of which are either echolocation or whistles (Figure 1). Echolocation is used mainly in navigation and foraging; a rapid series of short “pulsed” broadband sounds are produced by the dolphin, and the returning echo is used by the animal to determine information about its environment (for example, [...]
We continue to work toward creating a fully digital whistle database that will be accessible to other researchers. During each capture-release session, high-quality recordings are obtained, making the Sarasota Whistle Database the most comprehensive of its kind in the world. Many individuals have been recorded on multiple occasions, over periods of many years, enabling us [...]
The juvenile life stage is a fragile and formative time for young animals first learning to navigate complex social and ecological environments once independent of their mothers. While bottlenose dolphins are among the best studied cetaceans, virtually no work has focused on understanding behavioral development between weaning and sexual maturity or determining factors influencing survivorship [...]
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