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One story filed under Sarasota Bay on World Data Ocean. The newest of them: “Decades of photo-ID data reveal Sarasota dolphins' seasonal patterns”. For nearly five decades, the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program has watched a resident community of bottlenose dolphins, and that long view is now revealing clear seasonal rhythms. A Global Hub for Ocean Intelligence 4 World Data Ocean is a centralized digital platform where researchers, scientists, and ocean enthusiasts converge to… The list below is every Sarasota Bay story on World Data Ocean, newest first.

Decades of photo-ID data reveal Sarasota dolphins' seasonal patterns
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Decades of photo-ID data reveal Sarasota dolphins' seasonal patterns

For nearly five decades, the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program has watched a resident community of bottlenose dolphins, and that long view is now revealing clear seasonal rhythms. New robust-design models analyzing photo-ID data from 2013-2022 show abundance swelling from roughly 139 dolphins in winter to over 167 in summer before receding each fall. The resident core remains stable; movement drives the numbers. Understanding these patterns is foundational, and validated, longitudinal data make it possible.