Opportunistic feeding experiment in a captive franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei): assessing gastrointestinal transit time and gastric digestion.

Authors

  • Manuela Bassoi Fundação Universidade do Rio Grande (FURG) Avenida Itália km 8 s/n, 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS
  • J. G. Shepard School of Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre. European Way, SO14 3ZH, Southampton
  • Eduardo R. Secchi University of Rio Grande (FURG). Avenida Itália km 8 s/n, 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5597/00244

Keywords:

franciscana, stomach contents, digestion rate, captive animal

Abstract

The data consists of spreadsheets containing (i) otolith and cephalopod beak numbers and sizes, and the time of recovery for seven different prey species of different meals; (ii) conditions of prey structures for each meal and its time of recovery; and (iii) the times that the plastic colour markers were ingested and evacuated from a feeding experiment with a franciscana dolphin in captivity.

Author Biography

Manuela Bassoi, Fundação Universidade do Rio Grande (FURG) Avenida Itália km 8 s/n, 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS

Researcher associate 
Laboratory of Marine Megafauna Ecology and Conservation (EcoMega) Oceanographic Institute, University of Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, RS, Brazil   Laboratory of Bioacoustics (LaB), Biosciences CenterUniversity of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, RN, Brazil

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2019-02-21

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Bassoi, M., Shepard, J. G., & Secchi, E. R. (2019). Opportunistic feeding experiment in a captive franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei): assessing gastrointestinal transit time and gastric digestion. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 13(1-2), 15-22. https://doi.org/10.5597/00244

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