Residence and site fidelity of Sotalia guianensis in the Caravelas River Estuary, eastern Brazil

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 207-212

  Rossi Santos, Marcos R ^a,b   Wedekin, Leonardo L ^a,b   Monteiro Filho, Emygdio L A ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO BALEIA JUBARTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c Instituto de Pesquisas Cananéia IPeC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; GROUP SIZE; RESIDENT POPULATION; SITE FIDELITY;

BAHIA; BRAZIL; CARAVELAS ESTUARY; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; SOTALIA GUIANENSIS;

EID: 33847418863     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407055683     Document Type: Article

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