Morisaka, Tadamichi http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7051-3184
Sakai, Mai http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1113-5010
Hama, Hiromitsu
Kogi, Kazunobu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (23310166, 18K05782)
Article History
Received: 31 January 2021
Accepted: 15 August 2022
First Online: 22 September 2022
Change Date: 23 December 2022
Change Type: Update
Change Details: Reference was updated.
Declarations
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: The authors declare no conflicts of interest or competing interests.
: This study was conducted in accordance with “Agreement of the dolphin watching operation around Mikura Island” and was approved by Mikurashima village with the permission to enter the protected sea area around Mikura Island under “Agreement of the rational use of nature conservation promotion area at Mikura Island. Approval to use individual identification data for this study was granted by the Mikurashima Tourism Association (Approved number: No. 20140901). To minimize disturbance, we followed a non-invasive approach for observation in accordance the recommendations of the Guidelines to Study Wild Animals of the Wildlife Research Center of Kyoto University. Dolphins did not show any unusual behavior during our observations. We did not use scuba tanks, we never attempted to touch the dolphins, and we never fed them.
: Not applicable.