Bibliography for Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)

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• Cheal, A.J. & Gales, N.J. 1991. Growth, sexual maturity and food intake of Australian Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in captivity. Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 215-223
• Corkeron, P.J. 1990. Aspects of the behavioural ecology of inshore dolphins, Tursiops truncatus and Sousa chinensis in Moreton Bay, Australia. pp. 285-294 in Leatherwood, S. & Reeves, R.R. (eds). The bottlenose dolphin. San Diego : Academic Press.
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• Lear, R.J. & Bryden, M.M. 1980. A study of the Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus in eastern Australian waters. Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service Occasional Papers 4. 25 pp.
• Leatherwood, S. & Reeves, R.R. 1983. The Sierra Club Handbook of Whales and Dolphins. San Francisco : Sierra Club Books xviii 302 pp.
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• Montagu, G. 1821. Description of a species of Delphinus (D. truncatus) which appears to be new. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh 3: 75-82, 337-350
• Orams, M.B., Hill, G.J.E. & Baglioni, A.J. 1996. 'Pushy' behaviour in a wild dolphin feeding program at Tangalooma, Australia. Marine Mammal Science 12: 107-117
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• Watson, L. 1981. Sea Guide to Whales of the World. London : Hutchinson 302 pp.

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