Recognising emotional expressions in captive bottlenose dolphins: Can lay observers agree using qualitative behavioural assessment?

Authors: Emma Warner, Sabrina Brando, Françoise Wemelsfelder

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal welfare assessment, aquarium, captive dolphins, dolphin behaviour, free choice profiling, qualitative behaviour assessment, tursiops-truncatus, zoo

2022

Bottlenose dolphins’(Tursiops Truncatus) Visual and Motor Laterality Depending on Emotional Contexts

Authors: Aviva Charles, Birgitta Mercera, Fabienne Delfour

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: cetaceans, emotion, laterality, tursiops-truncatus, visual processing, welfare

2021

Saliva and Blood Cortisol Measurement in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): Methodology, Application, and Limitations

Authors: Daniela Rickert, Ralph Simon, Lorenzo von Fersen, Katrin Baumgartner, Thomas Bertsch, Clemens Kirschbaum, Michael Erhard

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, blood cortisol, bottlenose dolphin, saliva cortisol, stress measurement, tursiops-truncatus

2021

Social behaviors modulate bottlenose dolphins’ (Tursiops truncatus) breathing rate

Authors: A. Serres, F. Delfour

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: bottlenose dolphin, breathing frequency, respiration rate, social behavior, social play, tursiops-truncatus, welfare

2019

Bottlenose dolphins engaging in more social affiliative behaviour judge ambiguous cues more optimistically

Authors: I. L. K. Clegg, H. G. Rodel, F. Delfour

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Brain Research

Keywords: *cognitive bias, affiliative behavior, animal emotion, animal welfare, anticipatory, behavior, behavioral sciences, bias, bottlenose dolphins, cognitive, judgment bias, mood, neurosciences, optimism, social behavior, state, stress, synchronous swimming, tursiops-truncatus, welfare

2017

Proximity and animal welfare in the context of tourist interactions with habituated dolphins

Authors: L. Bach, M. Burton

Publication/Journal: Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Keywords: animal ethics, bottle-nosed dolphins, choice experiments, choice modelling, conceptual-framework, conservation, ecotourism, green & sustainable science & technology, hospitality, human/dolphin, interaction, leisure, management, national-park, sport &, sustainability, tourism, tursiops-truncatus, western-australia, wildlife

2017

Changes in bottlenose dolphin whistle parameters related to vessel presence, surface behaviour and group composition

Authors: J. Heiler, S. H. Elwen, H. J. Kriesell, T. Gridley

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: bottlenose dolphin, marine tourism, namibia, tursiops-truncatus, vocal behaviour

2016

The Influence of Age, Sex, and Social Affiliation on the Responses of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) to a Novel Stimulus Over Time

Authors: M. Lopes, J. L. Borger-Turner, H. C. Eskelinen, S. A. Kuczaj

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: behavioral-response, bottlenose dolphin, enrichment, neophobia, novel stimulus, sensitization, tursiops-truncatus

2016

Sex, Age, and Individual Differences in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Response to Environmental Enrichment

Authors: Eskelinen, H. C. Winship, K. A., J. L. Borger-Turner

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: bottlenose dolphin, EEDs, enrichment, tursiops-truncatus, welfare

2015

Anticipatory behavior in captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): A preliminary study

Authors: Ann-Louise M. Jensen, Fabienne Delfour, Toby Carter

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: anticipatory behavior, captive marine mammal management, cetacean welfare, marine mammal welfare, tursiops-truncatus, zoo animal welfare

2013

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