Number, seasonal movements, and residency characteristics of river dolphins in an Amazonian floodplain lake system

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1307-1315

  Martin, A R ^a,c   Da Silva, V M F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; LAKES; RIVERS; WATER LEVELS;

ANIMAL MOVEMENT; FLOODPLAIN LAKE SYSTEMS; HABITATS; SEASONAL MIGRATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOLPHIN; MOVEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SITE FIDELITY; WATER LEVEL;

AMAZON RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CORYPHAENIDAE; INIA GEOFFRENSIS;

EID: 12744272013     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-109     Document Type: Article

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