Dolphin Social Network
A Bottlenose dolphin community (Doubtful Sound, New Zealand) dataset of 62 nodes and 159 edges, collected by D. Lusseau et al.. Each record contains directed: False, weighted: False, signed: False. Classic benchmark: 62 bottlenose dolphins with frequent associations — widely used to validate community detection algorithms.. Suitable for community detection benchmark, animal social network analysis.
Cite this dataset at
dolphins.echo.directory
Analytics
Node size is centrality, colour is community. Hover a node for details; click one to isolate its community.
Computed over the full corpus.
Record
- Catalog key
dolphins- Authors
- Lusseau, David; Schneider, Karsten; Boisseau, Oliver J.; Haase, Patti; Slooten, Elisabeth; Dawson, Steve M.
- Year
- 2003
- Source paper
- The bottlenose dolphin community of Doubtful Sound features a large proportion of long-lasting associations
- DOI / arXiv
- 10.1007/s00265-003-0651-y
- License
- CC BY-SA 2.0 Germany (as stated by KONECT) (LicenseRef-CC-BY-SA-2.0-DE)
- Records
- 62
- Nodes
- 62
- Edges
- 159
- Nodes are
- dolphin
- Edges are
- association
- Attributes
- nodes have no attributes; edges have no attributes
- Languages
- en
- Collected
- 2003 (2000s)
- Tasks
- From the graph: link prediction, community detection
- Region
- New Zealand · Oceania (inferred: named in the description)
Provenance
- Originally published at
- https://konect.cc/networks/dolphins/ unverified
- Hosted copy
- Mirrored on echo.directory on 2026-10-02, 2.0 KB across 1 files. Checksums in MANIFEST.json.
Citations
The bottlenose dolphin community of Doubtful Sound features a large proportion of long-lasting associations
D. Lusseau, K. Schneider, O. Boisseau, Patti A. Haase, E. Slooten
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 2003
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Citation data from Semantic Scholar, retrieved 2026-10-19.
How to cite
BibTeX
@misc{echo2026,
title = {ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online},
author = {Switzer, Braden and Zafarani, Reza},
year = {2026},
url = {https://echo.directory},
note = {Syracuse University}
}
@article{Lusseau_2003,
title = {The bottlenose dolphin community of Doubtful Sound features a large proportion of long-lasting associations},
volume = {54},
issn = {1432-0762},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-003-0651-y},
doi = {10.1007/s00265-003-0651-y},
number = {4},
journal = {Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology},
publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
author = {Lusseau, David and Schneider, Karsten and Boisseau, Oliver J. and Haase, Patti and Slooten, Elisabeth and Dawson, Steve M.},
year = {2003},
month = Sept,
pages = {396–405}
} APA
Switzer, B., & Zafarani, R. (2026). ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online [Data repository]. Syracuse University. https://echo.directory
Lusseau, D., Schneider, K., Boisseau, O. J., Haase, P., Slooten, E., & Dawson, S. M. (2003). Dolphin Social Network [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-003-0651-y
MLA
Switzer, Braden, and Reza Zafarani. ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online. Syracuse University, 2026, echo.directory.
Lusseau, David, et al. Dolphin Social Network. 2003, doi.org/10.1007/s00265-003-0651-y.