Habitat preferences of Guiana dolphins, Sotalia guianensis (Cetacea: Delphinidae), in Norte Bay, southern Brazil

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1561-1570

  Wedekin, Leonardo L ^a   Daura Jorge, Fábio G ^a   Simões Lopes, Paulo C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

bathymetry; bays; behaviour; habitat selection; habitat use; spatial use

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011476582     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410001414     Document Type: Article

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