Age and growth of the estuarine dolphin (Sotalia guianensis) (Cetacea, Delphinidae) on the Paraná coast, southern Brazil

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 377-383

  Rosas, Fernando César Weber ^a   Barreto, André Silva ^b   Monteiro Filho, Emygdio Leite De Araujo ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d Inst de Pesquisas Cananéia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DOLPHIN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; TOOTH;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; DELPHINIDAE; MAMMALIA; SOTALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037501307     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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