Report of the Working Group on the Biology and Ecology of Tursiops truncatus in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean

Authors

  • Paula Laporta Centro Universitario de la Región Este, Universidad de la República
  • Pedro Fruet Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. Caixa Postal 379, 96200-580, Rio Grande, RS
  • Salvatore Siciliano Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública/FIOCRUZ, Rua Leopoldo Bulhões, 1480 - 6o. andar - sala 620, Manguinhos, 21041-210 Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
  • Paulo A. Flores Centro Mamíferos Aquáticos – CMA, ICMBio, MMA – CMA SC, Rod. Maurício Sirotsky Sobrinho, s/n, km 02, Jurerê, Florianópolis, SC, 88053-700, Brazil.
  • Julio D. Loureiro Fundación Mundo Marino, Av X 157, CP 7103 San Clemente del Tuyú, Buenos Aires

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5597/00216

Keywords:

Life History, Feeding habits, Parasites, Predation, Growth, Anatomy, Physiology

Abstract

We review information on the biology and ecology of common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean (SWAO) with emphasis on growth, feeding ecology, epizootics and parasites, predation and pathologies.

Author Biographies

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

Cetáceos Uruguay, Facultad de Ciencias

Pedro Fruet, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. Caixa Postal 379, 96200-580, Rio Grande, RS

Museu Oceanográfico “Prof. Eliézer de Carvalho Rios”

Salvatore Siciliano, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública/FIOCRUZ, Rua Leopoldo Bulhões, 1480 - 6o. andar - sala 620, Manguinhos, 21041-210 Rio de Janeiro, RJ.

Grupo de Estudos de Mamíferos Marinhos da Região dos Lagos (GEMM-Lagos)

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Laporta, P., Fruet, P., Siciliano, S., Flores, P. A., & Loureiro, J. D. (2017). Report of the Working Group on the Biology and Ecology of Tursiops truncatus in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 11(1-2), 62-70. https://doi.org/10.5597/00216

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