Abundance Information for Tursiops truncatus
Main Ref.
Country Belize Ecosystem Caribbean Sea
Locality Turneffe Atoll, Belize. Depth
Introduced Year Intro.
Life Stage not specified unsexed
Quantitative 0.749 Unit numbers/km^2
Semi Quantitative <100 Unit numbers/km^2
Qualitative
Year 2005 - 2006 Period 2001-present
Date 2005-11-01 00:00:00 - 2006-12-31 00:00:00 Record Type survey
Record Type survey
Seasonal Method line transects
Remarks Estimated abundance is 216 dolphins. Realized survey effort was 175.21 km across 298.5 km2. Effort was done during rainy seasons of 2005 (Nov to Dec), and 2006 (June to Aug and Oct to Dec) and during a 2 week period (March to April).
(e.g. 9948)
( e.g. cephalopods )
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