Postnatal development of franciscana's (Pontoporia blainvillei) biosonar relevant structures with potential implications for function, life history, and bycatch

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1193-1212

  Frainer, Guilherme ^a   Huggenberger, Stefan ^b   Moreno, Ignacio Benites ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomic geometry; Conservation; Echolocation; Franciscana dolphin; Functional anatomy; Ontogeny; Pontoporia blainvillei

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BODY SHAPE; BYCATCH; DOLPHIN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GILLNET; LIFE HISTORY; ONTOGENY; SKULL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

CUCUMIS; PONTOPORIA; PONTOPORIA BLAINVILLEI;

EID: 84937023325     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mms.12211     Document Type: Article

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