Biology of the marine tucuxi dolphin (Sotalia fluviatilis) in south-eastern Brazil

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1245-1250

  Di Beneditto, Ana Paula Madeira ^a,b   Ramos, Renata Maria Arruda ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Everest Tecnologia Em Serviços Ltda   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; BODY SIZE; DOLPHIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION;

ANISAKIS; BRAUNINA CORDIFORMIS; CEPHALOPODA; HALOCERCUS; LEPTURUS; LOLIGO; LOLIGO PLEI; LOLIGO SANPAULENSIS; NASITREMA; PISCES; PORICHTHYS; SOTALIA FLUVIATILIS; TELEOSTEI; THORACICA; TRICHIURUS LEPTURUS; VERMES; VERTEBRATA; XENOBALANUS GLOBICIPITIS;

EID: 10644263681     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315404010744h     Document Type: Article

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