Effects of provisioning bottlenose dolphins in Cockburn Sound: injuries, entanglements, and changes to ranging and social behaviours

Unpublished data and analyses from Rebecca Donaldson (1993-1997) and original data collected for the thesis (2000-2003) from Cockburn Sound were used to:
1) evaluate the link between high-risk behaviour by dolphins during provisioning interactions and rates of human-induced injury;
2) contrast the behaviour of known individuals before and after they engaged in provisioning interactions; and
3) examine the incidence of unregulated provisioning interactions within a population-level context in which the baseline demographic parameters were known.

本研究采用丽贝卡·唐纳森（Rebecca Donaldson）1993至1997年的未发表数据及分析成果，以及2000至2003年间为撰写学位论文所采集的科克本湾（Cockburn Sound）原始数据集，开展以下三项研究：
1) 评估海豚在投喂互动过程中的高风险行为与人为致伤率之间的关联；
2) 对比已知个体参与投喂互动前后的行为差异；
3) 在基线人口统计学参数已知的种群背景下，考察无监管投喂互动的发生情况。