Encounter rate, residency pattern and site fidelity of bottlenose dolphins (<i>Tursiops truncatus</i>) within the Istanbul Strait, Turkey
Journal: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Year: 2018

Abstract The Istanbul Strait is an important cetacean habitat that is intensely used by humans. Yet little is known about their spatial-temporal distribution. To understand the encounter rates and residency patterns of bottlenose dolphins, photo-identification data were collected between 2011 and 2016 in the Istanbul Strait. The study showed that bottlenose dolphins are a regular, year-round component of the strait. The encounter rate was estimated to be four groups (22 individuals) per 10 km. T