Photo-identification: A reliable and noninvasive tool for studying pink river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis)

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 472-485

  Gomez Salazar, Catalina ^a,b   Trujillo, Fernando ^b   Whitehead, Hal ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Foundation Omacha   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Amazon; Inia geoffrensis; Marks; Orinoco; Photo identification; Pink river dolphins

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE;

AMAZON RIVER; ORINOCO RIVER;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; INIA; INIA GEOFFRENSIS;

EID: 84863311901     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.37.4.2011.472     Document Type: Article

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