Ethological and Acoustic Studies of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus ponticus Barabash, 1940) in the Coastal Water Area of the Karadagh Reserve, South-Eastern Crimea
Journal: Океанология
Year: 2023

The work is devoted to the study of the bottlenose dolphin community in the coastal waters of the Karadag Reserve (southeastern Crimea). Observations and acoustic recordings were carried out in 2015–2017 and in 2020–2022 As the main method for identifying bottlenose dolphins, we used the method developed by us for acoustic recording of bottlenose dolphins by individual sound signals “signature whistles”. This method of identification makes it possible to fairly accurately count the population, o