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- Title
Deep diving by offshore bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops spp.).
- Authors
Fahlman, Andreas; Moore, Reny B. Tyson; Stone, Rae; Sweeney, Jay; Trainor, Robyn Faulkner; Barleycorn, Aaron A.; McHugh, Katherine; Allen, Jason B.; Wells, Randall S.
- Abstract
We used satellite-linked tags to evaluate dive behavior in offshore bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops spp.) near the island of Bermuda. The data provide evidence that bottlenose dolphins commonly perform both long (>272 s) and deep (>199 m) dives, with the deepest and longest dives being to 1,000 m and 826 s (13.8 min), respectively. The data show a relationship between dive duration and dive depth for dives longer than about 272 s. There was a diurnal pattern to dive behavior, with most dives deeper than 50 m being performed at night; deep diving began at sunset and varied throughout the night. We used the cumulative frequency of dive duration to estimate a behavioral aerobic dive limit (bADL) of around 560-666 s (9.3-11.1 min) in adult dolphins in this population. Dives exceeding the bADL spent significantly longer time in the upper-most 50 m following a dive as compared with dives less than the bADL. We conclude that the offshore ecotype off Bermuda, unlike the shallow-diving near-shore bottlenose dolphin, is a deepdiving ecotype, and may provide a useful animal model to study extreme diving behavior and adaptations.
- Subjects
BOTTLENOSE dolphin; DEEP diving; BOTTLENOSE dolphin behavior
- Publication
Marine Mammal Science, 2023, Vol 39, Issue 4, p1251
- ISSN
0824-0469
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/mms.13045