Ethological and Acoustic Studies of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus ponticus Barabash, 1940) at the Karadag Reserve, Southeastern Crimea
Journal: Oceanology
Year: 2023

The article studies the bottlenose dolphin community in coastal waters of the Karadag Reserve (southeastern Crimea). Observations and acoustic recordings were carried out in 2015–2017 and 2020–2022. To identify bottlenose dolphins, we mainly used the method developed by us for acoustic recording of bottlenose dolphins by individual sound signals: signature whistles. This identification method makes it possible to fairly accurately count the population, observe the movements of bottlenose dolphin