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Rolling stones and stable homes: social structure, habitat diversity and population genetics of the Hawaiian spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris).
Molecular ecology - 1 Feb 2010
Andrews Kimberly R, Karczmarski Leszek, Au Whitlow W L, Rickards Susan H, Vanderlip Cynthia A, Bowen Brian W, Gordon Grau E, Toonen Robert J
Abstract excerpt
Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) exhibit different social behaviours at two regions in the Hawaiian Archipelago: off the high volcanic islands in the SE archipelago they form dynamic groups with ever-changing membership, but in the low carbonate atolls in the NW archipelago they form long-term stable groups. To determine whether these environmental and social differences influence population genetic...
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