Group characteristics of marine tucuxis (Sotalia fluviatilis) (Cetacea: Delphinidae) in Guanabara Bay, south-eastern Brazil

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 209-212

  Azevedo, Alexandre F ^a   Viana, Simone C ^a   Oliveira, Alvaro M ^a   Van Sluys, Monique ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; GROUP BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BRAZIL; GUANABARA BAY; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; DELPHINIDAE; SOTALIA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 15944417480     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405011082h     Document Type: Review

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