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<DIV id=publishedOnlineDate>Mammal Review</DIV>
<DIV>Article first published online: 6 FEB 2012</DIV>
<DIV id=doi>DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2011.00208.x</DIV>
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<P id=copyright class=copyright></SPAN><SPAN><FONT size=4>Integrating multiple
data sources to assess the distribution and abundance of bottlenose dolphins
<EM>Tursiops truncatus</EM> in Scottish waters</FONT></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV id=cr1 sizset="5" sizcache="3">Barbara CHENEY<SUP><FONT
size=1>1</FONT></SUP>, Paul M. THOMPSON<SUP><FONT size=1>2</FONT></SUP>, Simon
N. INGRAM<SUP><FONT size=1>3</FONT></SUP>, Philip S. HAMMOND<SUP><FONT
size=1>4</FONT></SUP>, Peter T. STEVICK<SUP><FONT size=1>5</FONT></SUP>, John W.
DURBAN<SUP><FONT size=1>6</FONT></SUP>, </DIV>
<DIV id=cr7 sizset="5" sizcache="3">Ross M. CULLOCH<SUP><FONT
size=1>7</FONT></SUP>, Simon H. ELWEN<SUP><FONT size=1>8,†</FONT></SUP>, Laura
MANDLEBERG<SUP><FONT size=1>9</FONT></SUP>, Vincent M. JANIK<SUP><FONT
size=1>10</FONT></SUP>, Nicola J. QUICK<SUP><FONT size=1>11</FONT></SUP>,
Valentina ISLAS-VILLANUEVA<SUP><FONT size=1>12</FONT></SUP>, Kevin P.
ROBINSON<SUP><FONT size=1>13</FONT></SUP>, Marina COSTA<SUP><FONT
size=1>14</FONT></SUP>, Sonja M. EISFELD<SUP><FONT size=1>15</FONT></SUP>, Alice
WALTERS<SUP><FONT size=1>16</FONT></SUP>, Charlie PHILLIPS<SUP><FONT
size=1>17</FONT></SUP>, Caroline R. WEIR<SUP><FONT size=1>18</FONT></SUP>, Peter
G.H. EVANS<SUP><FONT size=1>19</FONT></SUP>, Pia ANDERWALD<SUP><FONT
size=1>20</FONT></SUP>, Robert J. REID<SUP><FONT size=1>21</FONT></SUP>, James
B. REID<SUP><FONT size=1>22</FONT></SUP>, Ben WILSON<SUP><FONT
size=1>23</FONT></SUP></DIV>
<P id=publishedOnlineDate><SUP>1</SUP> University of Aberdeen, Institute of
Biological and Environmental Science, Lighthouse Field Station, Cromarty
IV11 8YJ, UK. E-mail: <!--TODO: clickthrough URL--><A
title="Link to email address" href="mailto:b.cheney@abdn.ac.uk" shape=rect><FONT
color=#007e8a>b.cheney@abdn.ac.uk</FONT></A> <SUP>2</SUP> University of
Aberdeen, Institute of Biological and Environmental Science, Lighthouse Field
Station, Cromarty IV11 8YJ, UK. E-mail: <!--TODO: clickthrough URL--><A
title="Link to email address" href="mailto:lighthouse@abdn.ac.uk"
shape=rect><FONT
color=#007e8a>lighthouse@abdn.ac.uk</FONT></A> <SUP>3</SUP> University of
Aberdeen, Institute of Biological and Environmental Science, Lighthouse Field
Station, Cromarty IV11 8YJ, UK. E-mail: <!--TODO: clickthrough URL--><A
title="Link to email address" href="mailto:simon.ingram@plymouth.ac.uk"
shape=rect><FONT
color=#007e8a>simon.ingram@plymouth.ac.uk</FONT></A> <SUP>4</SUP> Sea
Mammal Research Unit, Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews, Fife
KY16 8LB, UK. E-mail: <!--TODO: clickthrough URL--><A
title="Link to email address" href="mailto:psh2@st%E2%80%90andrews.ac.uk"
shape=rect><FONT
color=#007e8a>psh2@st-andrews.ac.uk</FONT></A> <SUP>5</SUP> Hebridean Whale
and Dolphin Trust, 28 Main Street, Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Argyll
PA75 6NU, UK. E-mail: <!--TODO: clickthrough URL--><A
title="Link to email address" href="mailto:ptstevick@gmail.com" shape=rect><FONT
color=#007e8a>ptstevick@gmail.com</FONT></A> <SUP>6</SUP> Protected
Resources Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine
Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 8604 La
Jolla Shores Dr., La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. E-mail:
<!--TODO: clickthrough URL--><A title="Link to email address"
href="mailto:john.durban@noaa.gov" shape=rect><FONT
color=#007e8a>john.durban@noaa.gov</FONT></A> <SUP>7</SUP> Scottish
Association for Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Oban, Argyll
PA37 1QA, UK. E-mail: <!--TODO: clickthrough URL--><A
title="Link to email address" href="mailto:ross.culloch@durham.ac.uk"
shape=rect><FONT
color=#007e8a>ross.culloch@durham.ac.uk</FONT></A> <SUP>8</SUP> University
of Aberdeen, Institute of Biological and Environmental Science, Lighthouse Field
Station, Cromarty IV11 8YJ, UK. E-mail:<!--TODO: clickthrough URL--><A
title="Link to email address" href="mailto:simon.elwen@gmail.com"
shape=rect><FONT
color=#007e8a>simon.elwen@gmail.com</FONT></A> <SUP>9</SUP> Hebridean Whale
and Dolphin Trust, 28 Main Street, Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Argyll
PA75 6NU, UK. E-mail: <!--TODO: clickthrough URL--><A
title="Link to email address" href="mailto:sightings@hwdt.org" shape=rect><FONT
color=#007e8a>sightings@hwdt.org</FONT></A> <SUP>10</SUP> Sea Mammal
Research Unit, Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews, Fife
KY16 8LB, UK. E-mail: <!--TODO: clickthrough URL--><A
title="Link to email address" href="mailto:vj@st%E2%80%90andrews.ac.uk"
shape=rect><FONT color=#007e8a>vj@st-andrews.ac.uk</FONT></A> <SUP>11</SUP>
Sea Mammal Research Unit, Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews,
Fife KY16 8LB, UK. E-mail: <!--TODO: clickthrough URL--><A
title="Link to email address" href="mailto:njq@smru.co.uk" shape=rect><FONT
color=#007e8a>njq@smru.co.uk</FONT></A> <SUP>12</SUP> Sea Mammal Research
Unit, Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews, Fife KY16 8LB,
UK. E-mail: <!--TODO: clickthrough URL--><A title="Link to email address"
href="mailto:iv22@st%E2%80%90andrews.ac.uk" shape=rect><FONT
color=#007e8a>iv22@st-andrews.ac.uk</FONT></A> <SUP>13</SUP> Cetacean
Research and Rescue Unit, PO Box 11307, Banff AB45 3WB, UK. E-mail: <!--TODO: clickthrough URL--><A title="Link to email address"
href="mailto:kev.robinson@crru.org.uk" shape=rect><FONT
color=#007e8a>kev.robinson@crru.org.uk</FONT></A><SUP> 14</SUP> Cetacean
Research and Rescue Unit, PO Box 11307, Banff AB45 3WB, UK. E-mail: <!--TODO: clickthrough URL--><A title="Link to email address"
href="mailto:marina.costa@crru.org.uk" shape=rect><FONT
color=#007e8a>marina.costa@crru.org.uk</FONT></A> <SUP>15</SUP> Cetacean
Research and Rescue Unit, PO Box 11307, Banff AB45 3WB, UK. E-mail: <!--TODO: clickthrough URL--><A title="Link to email address"
href="mailto:sonja.eisfeld@crru.org.uk" shape=rect><FONT
color=#007e8a>sonja.eisfeld@crru.org.uk</FONT></A> <SUP>16</SUP> Whale and
Dolphin Conservation Society, WDCS Wildlife Centre, Spey Bay, Moray
IV32 7PJ, UK. E-mail: <!--TODO: clickthrough URL--><A
title="Link to email address" href="mailto:alice.walters@wdcs.org"
shape=rect><FONT
color=#007e8a>alice.walters@wdcs.org</FONT></A> <SUP>17</SUP> Whale and
Dolphin Conservation Society, WDCS Wildlife Centre, Spey Bay, Moray
IV32 7PJ, UK. E-mail: <!--TODO: clickthrough URL--><A
title="Link to email address" href="mailto:charlie.phillips@wdcs.org"
shape=rect><FONT
color=#007e8a>charlie.phillips@wdcs.org</FONT></A> <SUP>18</SUP> Ketos
Ecology, 44 Lord Hay's Grove, Aberdeen AB24 1WS, UK. E-mail: <!--TODO: clickthrough URL--><A title="Link to email address"
href="mailto:caroline.weir@ketosecology.co.uk" shape=rect><FONT
color=#007e8a>caroline.weir@ketosecology.co.uk</FONT></A> <SUP>19</SUP> Sea
Watch Foundation, Ewyn y Don, Bull Bay, Amlwch, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
LL68 9SD, UK. E-mail: <!--TODO: clickthrough URL--><A
title="Link to email address" href="mailto:peter.evans@bangor.ac.uk"
shape=rect><FONT
color=#007e8a>peter.evans@bangor.ac.uk</FONT></A> <SUP>20</SUP> Sea Watch
Foundation, Ewyn y Don, Bull Bay, Amlwch, Isle of Anglesey, Wales LL68 9SD,
UK. E-mail: <!--TODO: clickthrough URL--><A title="Link to email address"
href="mailto:p.anderwald@ucc.ie" shape=rect><FONT
color=#007e8a>p.anderwald@ucc.ie</FONT></A> <SUP>21</SUP> Wildlife Unit,
SAC Veterinary Services, Drummondhill, Inverness IV2 4JZ, UK. E-mail: <!--TODO: clickthrough URL--><A title="Link to email address"
href="mailto:bob.reid@sac.co.uk" shape=rect><FONT
color=#007e8a>bob.reid@sac.co.uk</FONT></A> <SUP>22</SUP> Joint Nature
Conservation Committee, Inverdee House, Baxter Street, Aberdeen AB11 9QA,
UK. E-mail: <!--TODO: clickthrough URL--><A title="Link to email address"
href="mailto:jim.reid@jncc.gov.uk" shape=rect><FONT
color=#007e8a>jim.reid@jncc.gov.uk</FONT></A> <SUP>23</SUP> Scottish
Association for Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Oban, Argyll
PA37 1QA, UK. E-mail: <!--TODO: clickthrough URL--><A
title="Link to email address" href="mailto:ben.wilson@sams.ac.uk"
shape=rect><FONT color=#007e8a>ben.wilson@sams.ac.uk</FONT></A> <SPAN
class=bullet><SUP><FONT size=1>†</FONT></SUP></SPAN> Present address: Mammal
Research Institute, University of Pretoria, c/o Iziko South African Museum, PO
Box 61, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa.</P>
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<LI>The distribution, movements and abundance of highly mobile marine species
such as bottlenose dolphins <EM>Tursiops truncatus</EM> are best studied at
large spatial scales, but previous research effort has generally been focused
on relatively small areas, occupied by populations with high site fidelity.
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<DIV class=text>We aimed to characterize the distribution, movements and
abundance of bottlenose dolphins around the coasts of Scotland, exploring how
data from multiple sources could be integrated to build a broader-scale
picture of their ecology.</DIV>
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<DIV class=text>We reviewed existing historical data, integrated data from
ongoing studies and developed new collaborative studies to describe
distribution patterns. We adopted a Bayesian multi-site mark-recapture model
to estimate abundance of bottlenose dolphins throughout Scottish coastal
waters and quantified movements of individuals between study areas.</DIV>
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<DIV class=text>The majority of sightings of bottlenose dolphins around the
Scottish coastline are concentrated on the east and west coasts, but records
are rare before the 1990s. Dedicated photo-identification studies in 2006 and
2007 were used to estimate the size of two resident populations: one on the
east coast from the Moray Firth to Fife, population estimate 195 [95% highest
posterior density intervals (HPDI): 162–253] and the second in the Hebrides,
population estimate 45 (95% HPDI: 33–66). Interaction parameters demonstrated
that the dolphins off the east coast of Scotland are highly mobile, whereas
those off the west coast form two discrete communities.</DIV>
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<DIV class=text>We provide the first comprehensive assessment of the abundance
of bottlenose dolphins in the inshore waters of Scotland. The combination of
dedicated photo-identification studies and opportunistic sightings suggest
that a relatively small number of bottlenose dolphins (200–300 individuals)
occur regularly in Scottish coastal waters. On both east and west coasts,
re-sightings of identifiable individuals indicate that the animals have been
using these coastal areas since studies
began.</DIV></LI></UL></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></FONT><BR>
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