Taxonomic identification of dolphin love charms commercialized in the Amazonian region through the analysis of cytochrome b DNA

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1207-1210

  Sholl, Thais Guimarães Corrêa ^a   Do Nascimento, Fabrícia Ferreira ^b   Leoncini, Orilio ^c   Bonvicino, Cibele Rodrigues ^a,c   Siciliano, Salvatore ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonian region; Dolphins; Market samples; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CYTOCHROME; DOLPHIN; ESTUARINE ORGANISM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUNTING; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BELEM; BRAZIL; MANAUS; PARA [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; DELPHINIDAE; INIA GEOFFRENSIS; SOTALIA; SOTALIA FLUVIATILIS; SOTALIA GUIANENSIS;

EID: 51349114746     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531540800043X     Document Type: Article

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