Habitat use by marine tucuxis (Sotalia guianensis) (Cetacea: Delphinidae) in Guanabara Bay, south-eastern Brazil

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 201-205

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

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DOLPHIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT USE;

BRAZIL; GUANABARA BAY; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; SOTALIA GUIANENSIS;

EID: 33847361055     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407054422     Document Type: Article

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