Social Interactions Among Two Males in a Captive Group of Rough-Toothed Dolphins (<i>Steno bredanesis</i>)

<p>There is relatively little known about the social behavior of rough-toothed dolphins<em> </em>(<em>Steno </em>bredanensis) particularly in comparison to information on the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, (<em>Tursiops truncates</em>). The purpose of the current study is to describe the social behavior of two juvenile male rough-toothed dolphins housed at Gulf World Marine Park in Panama City Beach, FL. Rates of affiliative social behaviors were greater between the two males within this group compared to the other pairs of dolphins. The males exhibited a high rate of association, calculated using the half-weight index. Following aggressive behavior within the overall group, the focal pair was more likely to respond by engaging in affiliative interactions. The other pairs of dolphins were more likely to respond to aggression in the environment with other aggressive interactions.</p> <p>Doctoral dissertation: http://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/1390/</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Hanna, Pepper Reid

Contributors dc:contributor

• Stanley Kuczaj
• Donald Sacco
• Richard Mohn

• male alliance
• rough-toothed dolphin
• social organization
• Animal Studies
• Experimental Analysis of Behavior
• Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/170

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:aquila.usm.edu:masters_theses-1192