Essays about: "dolphin"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the word dolphin.

  1. 1. Changes in cetacean presence and behavior in response to reduced marine traffic - the effects of a nationwide lockdown

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad

    Author : Lisa Falk Lindberg; Lindqvist Erika; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Creating noise-pollution and other disturbances, marine traffic poses a great threat to marine mammals all over the world which may demonstrate through short- and long-term changes in behavior and distribution. The Covid-19 lockdown in 2020 provided a setting to study the effects of marine traffic on cetacean presence and interactive behavior. READ MORE

  3. 2. In the Net : The Visual and Verbal Rhetoric of the Campaign “Operation Dolphin Bycatch” by Sea Shepherd France

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Annika Wappelhorst; [2021]
    Keywords : Environmental Communication; Marine Conservation Campaign; Sea Shepherd; Multimodal Discourse Analysis; In-Depth Interviews; Biocentrism; SDG 14;

    Abstract : The marine conservation organization Sea Shepherd is most known for its radical direct action, e. g., against whale poaching. This thesis examines the campaign “Operation Dolphin Bycatch,” coordinated by the French branch of the NGO, through discourse analysis and interviews with Sea Shepherd France (SSF) members. READ MORE

  4. 3. Associations between dolphin kick performance and lower extremity muscle strength, abdominal muscle strength and foot length in active competitive swimmers

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap

    Author : Jakob Sundén; [2020]
    Keywords : Dolphin kick; strength; swimming;

    Abstract : Background: Maximal muscle strength and body proportions are some of the key attributes to be a fast swimmer. Even though dolphin kick (DK) has become essential to be a fast swimmer little is known of its associations to muscle strength and body proportions. READ MORE

  5. 4. Sonar based enrichment and detection of hidden fish by bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Biologi

    Author : Lovisa Larsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Dolphin; Tursiops truncatus; Echolocation; Enrichment; Sonar;

    Abstract : Dolphins at Kolmården dolphinarium were given a set of 20 floating fish hides, in order to simulate aforaging situation. The idea was to motivate the dolphins to use echolocation, in order to differentiatebetween hides which contained fish and hides that were empty. READ MORE

  6. 5. Ingen påvisad förekomst av cetacean morbillivirus hos svenska tumlare

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Elin Axelsson; [2019]
    Keywords : cetacean morbillivirus; paramyxovirus; tumlare; nestad RT-PCR;

    Abstract : Cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV) har sedan 1980-talet påvisats hos ett flertal arter av valar över hela norra halvklotet, däribland tumlare. Viruset kan delas in i flera stammar, däribland Dolphin morbillivirus och Porpoise morbillivirus (DMV respektive PMV). READ MORE