Abundance estimate for a threatened population of franciscana dolphins in southern coastal Brazil: Uncertainties and management implications

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1649-1657

  Danilewicz, Daniel ^a   Moreno, Ignacio B ^a   Ott, Paulo H ^a,c   Tavares, Maurício ^a,b   Azevedo, Alexandre F ^d   Secchi, Eduardo R ^e   Andriolo, Artur ^f  

^a Grupo de Estudos de Mamiferos Aquaticos do Rio Grande do Sul GEMARS   (Brazil)

^b CECLIMAR/UFRGS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

aerial survey; distribution; line transect; Pontoporia blainvillei; southern Brazil

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011486687     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409991482     Document Type: Article

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