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Dolphin-feeding tourism contributes to predicted dolphin decline

A study published in the journal Oikos, titled "Forecasting the impact of food-provisioning and other stressors on a marine top-predator population," found that without protective management, the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin population off Bunbury would fall from 350 to eight over 100 years.

Dolphin-feeding tourism contributes to predicted dolphin decline
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A study published in the journal Oikos, titled "Forecasting the impact of food-provisioning and other stressors on a marine top-predator population," found that without protective management, the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin population off Bunbury would fall from 350 to eight over 100 years.

Originally published at Phys.org

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