Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin observations in the Richmond River 2003-2006
Christine Fury, Southern Cross University

Christine Fury, Southern Cross University

Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) were observed year-round during a 3-year study in the Clarence River estuary (CR) and Richmond River estuary (RR) in northern New South Wales, Australia. These sightings are from the Richmond River estuary.

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For sightings in the Clarence River, please refer to the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin observations in the Clarence River 2003-2006 dataset.
Time was not available and records were filled with "00:00:00."

Fury, C.A. and P.L. Harrison. 2008. Abundance, site fidelity and range patterns of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in two Australian subtropical estuaries. Marine and Freshwater Research. 59(11):1015-1027

Fury, C.A. and P.L. Harrison. 2011. Impact of flood events on dolphin occupancy patterns. Marine Mammal Science. 27(3):E185-E205

Fury, C.A. and P.L. Harrison. 2011. Seasonal variation and tidal influences on estuarine use by bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 93(4):389-395

Overview

Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
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Attributes in dataset provided

Attribute (table column)	Description
oid	Unique ID (generated by SEAMAP)
obs_date	Observed date
latitude	Observed latitude
longitude	Observed longitude
seas	Season of observation
month	Month of observation
year	Year of observation
obs_count	Observed count
sp_obs	Observed species
sp_tsn	Observed ITIS TSN
obs_time	Observed time (not available and filled with 00:00:00)
notes	Time was not available and filled with 00:00:00