The reproductive parameters of female bottlenose dolphins estimated from long-term mark-recapture studies in the southern outer Moray Firth from 1997 to 2016 inclusive.

Weaning age for survival was considered to be to two years of age, after which calves were regarded to be fully independent of their mothers. See text for information on how RS, calving rate and fecundity were calculated.

本研究将保障存活的断奶年龄界定为两岁，在此之后犊牛即被视为完全脱离母畜独立存活。有关RS、产犊率与繁殖力的计算方法，请详见正文内容。