Age and growth of some delphinids in south-eastern Brazil

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 293-303

  Siciliano, Salvatore ^a   Ramos, Renata Maria A ^b   Di Beneditto, Ana Paula M ^c   Santos, Marcos César O ^d   Fragoso, Ana Bernadete ^a,e   Brito Jr , José Lailson ^e,f   Azevedo, Alexandre F ^e   Vicente, André F C ^g   Zampirolli, Emerson ^g   Alvarenga, Fernando S ^g   Barbosa, Lupércio ^h   Lima, Neuza Rejane W ⁱ  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Everest Tecnologia Em Serviços Ltda   (Brazil)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^g Centro de Estudos Sobre Encalhes de Mamíferos Marinhos CEEMAM   (Brazil)

^h Organização Consciência Ambiental ORCA ^*  (Brazil)

ⁱ FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DOLPHIN; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

DELPHINIDAE; DELPHINUS; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; GLOBICEPHALA MACRORHYNCHUS; LAGENODELPHIS HOSEI; ORCINUS ORCA; PSEUDORCA; PSEUDORCA CRASSIDENS; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA ATTENUATA; STENELLA COERULEOALBA; STENELLA FRONTALIS; STENELLA LONGIROSTRIS; STENO; STENO BREDANENSIS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 33847421431     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407053398     Document Type: Article

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