Assessing population parameters and trends of Guiana dolphins (Sotalia guianensis): An eight-year mark-recapture study

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-83

  Cantor, Mauricio ^a,b   Wedekin, Leonardo L ^b   Daura Jorge, Fábio G ^a   Rossi Santos, Marcos R ^b   Simões Lopes, Paulo C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BALEIA JUBARTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abrolhos Bank; Abundance; Mark recapture models; Population dynamics; Population trends; Robust design; Sotalia guianensis; Survival; Temporary emigration

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; DOLPHIN; EMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTIMATION METHOD; HABITAT TYPE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL;

BAHIA; BRAZIL; CARAVELAS ESTUARY;

SOTALIA GUIANENSIS;

EID: 84855204476     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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