Social Structure, Behavior, and Communication

Current Research

• Juvenile dolphin behavioral development and survival strategies
• Studies of whistle development and perception
• Passive acoustic detection of dolphins in Sarasota Bay's bottlenose dolphins

Previous Research

• Whistle playback studies
• Whistles as potential indicators of stress in bottlenose dolphins
• Group fission-fusion dynamics and communication in the bottlenose dolphin
• Juvenile dolphin behavioral development and survival strategies
• Bottlenose Dolphin Signature Whistles
• Whistles as potential indicators of stress in bottlenose dolphins
• Group dynamics and estimated communication range of social sounds used by wild bottlenose dolphins during fission-fusion events
• Juvenile dolphin behavioral behavioral development and survival strategies
• Dynamics of Group Fission-Fusion: What is a Temporary Group in the Bottlenose Dolphin?
• What's in a Voice?
• Behavioral and Ecological Influences on Survival Strategies of Juvenile Bottlenose Dolphins in Sarasota Bay
• Why Do Adult Males Form Pair Bonds?
• Whistle Use by Pair-bonded Male Bottlenose Dolphins
• Transmission of Foraging Specializations of Bottlenose Dolphins