Health and movements of Florida’s dolphins
Implementing Organization
Mote Marine Lab
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$364,432
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
The U.S. Department of Treasury
Funding Program
The RESTORE Act Funds Bucket 5: Centers of Excellence Research Grant Program
Details
Project Category
Science
Project Actions
Environmental Research
Targeted Resources
Marine Mammals
Project Description
Research of the movement patterns, habitat use, and health for the two dolphin species that regularly inhabit the coastal and/or shelf waters off Florida’s west coast, bottlenose (Tursiops truncatus) and Atlantic spotted (Stenella frontalis), including capture-release health assessments to establish baselines and serve as the basis for comparison to inshore dolphins to assess health status, tagging and satellite tracking, and photo-identification and matching system continuation (GoMDIS).
Contact
Dr. Randall Wells941-388-2705
rwells@mote.org
Project Website
Project Partners
None
Affiliated Institutions
None