Abundance of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus (Cetacea: Delphinidae), inhabiting the Patos Lagoon estuary, southern Brazil: Implications for conservation

Zoologia

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-30

  Fruet, Pedro F ^a   Secchi, Eduardo R ^a   Di Tullio, Juliana C ^a   Kinas, Paul G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; Mark recapture; Photoidentification

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 79954986951     PISSN: 19844670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1984-46702011000100004     Document Type: Article

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