Report of the Working Group on Habitat Use of Tursiops truncatus in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean

Authors

  • Paula Laporta Centro Universitario de la Región Este, Universidad de la República
  • Cristiane C.A. Martins Complex Systems Laboratory. Département de Géographie, Université de Montreal. 520, Chemin Côte Ste. Catherine, H2V2B8, Montreal, QC, CA.
  • Liliane Lodi Instituto Aqualie. Rua Edgard Werneck 428, Casa 32, 22763-010, Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
  • Camila Domit Universidade Federal do Paraná, Cx. 50.001, 83.255-000, Pontal do Sul, Pontal do Paraná, PR
  • Els Vermeulen Fundación Marybio. Conaniyeu 475 dept 4, 8521 Las Grutas, Rio Negro, Argentina.
  • Juliana C. Di Tullio Laboratório de Mamíferos Marinhos, Museu Oceanográfico de Rio Grande - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. Rua Heitor Perdigão, n°10, Rio Grande, RS, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5597/00215

Keywords:

Habitat Use, bottlenose dolphin

Abstract

The review compiles available information about the habitat use patterns of bottlenose dolphins within the SWAO, including temporal analysis of survey effort allocation, and spatial analysis indicating areas of resident or seasonally resident populations. 

Author Biographies

Paula Laporta, Centro Universitario de la Región Este, Universidad de la República

Cetáceos Uruguay, Facultad de Ciencias

Camila Domit, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Cx. 50.001, 83.255-000, Pontal do Sul, Pontal do Paraná, PR

Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação, Centro de Estudos do Mar

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Laporta, P., Martins, C. C., Lodi, L., Domit, C., Vermeulen, E., & Di Tullio, J. C. (2017). Report of the Working Group on Habitat Use of Tursiops truncatus in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 11(1-2), 47-61. https://doi.org/10.5597/00215

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