Genetic stock structure of common bottlenose dolphins in Mobile Bay, Perdido Bay, and the adjacent coastal waters of Alabama

Wilcox Talbot, Lynsey A.; Paterson, Corinne N.; Vollmer, Nicole L.; Sinclair, Carrie; Barry, Kevin P.; Bouveroux, Thibaut; Mullin, Keith D.; Carmichael, Ruth H.; Rosel, Patricia E.

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Genetic stock structure of common bottlenose dolphins in Mobile Bay, Perdido Bay, and the adjacent coastal waters of Alabama

2025
By Wilcox Talbot, Lynsey A. ; Paterson, Corinne N. ; Vollmer, Nicole L. ; ...
Series: Southeast Fisheries Science Center reference document MMTD-2025-05

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Wilcox Talbot, Lynsey A. ; Paterson, Corinne N. ; Vollmer, Nicole L. ; Sinclair, Carrie ; Barry, Kevin P. ; Bouveroux, Thibaut ; Mullin, Keith D. ; Carmichael, Ruth H. ; Rosel, Patricia E.
Corporate Authors:

Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.) ; Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (Key Biscayne, Fla.) ; Dauphin Island Sea Lab. ; University of South Alabama.
NOAA Program & Office:

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SEFSC (Southeast Fisheries Science Center) ; CIMAS (Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies)
Description:

A recent photo-identification study of dolphins in Mobile Bay and Perdido Bay, AL revealed differing residency patterns between the two BSEs with higher residency in the smaller, enclosed Perdido Bay in contrast to lower residency and potentially higher occurrence of transient dolphins in the larger, semi-open Mobile Bay (Bouveroux et al. 2025). The goal of this study is to expand our knowledge about population differentiation of common bottlenose dolphins in these two BSEs (Mobile Bay and Perdido Bay) and the adjacent coastal waters of Alabama using genetic data.
Keywords:

Bottlenose Dolphin Genetic Aspects Marine Habitats Research Bottlenose Dolphin Genetic Aspects Marine Habitats
Series:

Southeast Fisheries Science Center reference document MMTD-2025-05
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25923/haxg-jd40
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pdf
Document Type:

Reference Document
Funding:

Grant no. NA20OAR4320472
Place as Subject:

Mobile Bay (Ala.) ; Perdido Bay (Ala. and Fla.) ; Gulf Coast (Ala.)
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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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CC0 Public Domain
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Submitted
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