Again in 2011, for a second year, the story continues to be calves, calves and more calves. We have followed up last summer’s 17 new babies with a very respectable eight newborns in 2011. It has been a decade since so many calves have been born into the population over only two years. 2011 moms [...]
The 2010 MC-252 disaster (Deepwater Horizon spill) caused weathered oil to wash ashore along the north central Gulf coast and impacted estuarine communities of plants and animals. We assembled a collaborative team from three Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO) institutions (faculty and graduate students from the University of Central Florida, researchers from the Sarasota Dolphin [...]
Much concern surrounded the potential catastrophic impacts of the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill on wildlife and habitats in the Gulf of Mexico. The most common cetaceans in inshore waters of the Gulf, bottlenose dolphins, reside in coastal waters and bays, sounds, and estuaries where exposure to oil from the DWH incident was [...]
By Jason Allen, BS, Chicago Zoological Society We have been able to continue our year-round monthly monitoring of the Sarasota dolphin community thanks largely to support from the Batchelor Foundation and the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund. The Sarasota bottlenose dolphin community is perhaps the most thoroughly studied free-ranging dolphin population in the world. We continue [...]
We had 1,065 group sightings that totaled 3,135 dolphins (including resighted animals).
We have been able to continue our year-round monthly monitoring of the Sarasota dolphin community thanks to support from NOAA Fisheries Service. The Sarasota bottlenose dolphin community is the most thoroughly-studied, free-ranging dolphin population in the world. We continue to address increasingly refined questions about the lives of these animals with the benefit of information [...]
We have been able to continue our year-round monthly monitoring of the Sarasota dolphin community thanks to support from 15 Earthwatch Institute volunteers and NOAA’s Fisheries Service (NMFS). The Sarasota bottlenose dolphin community is one of the most thoroughly studied free-ranging dolphin populations in the world. We continue to address increasingly refined questions about the [...]
Humans tend to think of animal species as being composed of individuals with identical habitat requirements and food preferences. In fact, many foundational theories in behavioral ecology assume that all members of a population behave in the same manner. This is a result of how most wildlife studies are conducted. It is often difficult to [...]
We have been able to continue our year-round monthly monitoring of the Sarasota dolphin community thanks to support from Earthwatch Institute volunteers and NOAA Fisheries. The Sarasota bottlenose dolphin community is the most thoroughly studied free-ranging dolphin population in the world. We continue to address increasingly refined questions about the lives of these animals with [...]
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