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What's in a voice? Dolphins do not use voice cues for individual recognition [PDF]

, 2017
Fieldwork for this study was funded by Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Grossman Family Foundation, Dolphin Quest, Inc., NOAA Fisheries, Disney, the Office of Naval Research, Morris Animal Foundations Betty White Wildlife Rapid Response Fund, the
Janik, Vincent M., Sayigh, Laela, Wells, Randall   +2 more
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Coordinated feeding tactics of the Guiana dolphin, Sotalia guianensis (Cetacea: Delphinidae), in Ilha Grande Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Zoologia (Curitiba), 2011
Differences in distribution, prey species, season and social learning opportunities influence the feeding tactics used by marine mammals. Here, we analyze the coordinated feeding behavior of the Guiana dolphin, Sotalia guianensis (Van Bénéden, 1864 ...
Rodrigo H. O. Tardin, Mariana A. Especie, Mariana F. Nery, Felipe T. D'Azeredo, Sheila M. Simão   +4 more
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Repeated call types in Hawaiian melon-headed whales (Peponocephala electra) [PDF]

, 2014
Author Posting. © Acoustical Society of America, 2014. This article is posted here by permission of Acoustical Society of America for personal use, not for redistribution.
Baird, Robin W., Kaplan, Maxwell B., Mooney, T. Aran, Sayigh, Laela S.   +3 more
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Dolphins, Love and Enchantment: Tracing the Use of Cetacean Products in Brazil

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018
The human population of the Brazilian Amazon possesses a rich body of beliefs and practices that relate to river dolphins, which are also known as botos (Inia and Sotalia species).
Salvatore Siciliano, Salvatore Siciliano, Maria C. Viana, Renata Emin-Lima, Cibele R. Bonvicino, Cibele R. Bonvicino   +5 more
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Mammalian Keratin Associated Proteins (KRTAPs) Subgenomes: Disentangling Hair Diversity and Adaptation to Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Adaptation of mammals to terrestrial life was facilitated by the unique vertebrate trait of body hair, which occurs in a range of morphological patterns.
Antunes, Agostinho, Johnson, Warren E., Khan, Imran, Maldonado, Emanuel, O\u27Brien, Stephen J., Vasconcelos, Vitor   +5 more
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Postmortem interval applied to cetacean carcasses: Observations from laboratory and field studies with the Abrolhos Bank Region, Brazil

Forensic Science International: Animals and Environments
Estimating the postmortem interval (PMI) in cetaceans is challenging. These mammals often sink after death, later floating and traveling considerable distances before stranding, complicating decomposition stage analysis.
Hernani Gomes da Cunha Ramos, Adriana Castaldo Colosio, Milton César Calzavara Marcondes, Rodrigo Pinho Gomez Lopez, Brittany Ederer Michalski, Renato David Ghisolfi, Maria Isabel Carvalho Gonçalves, Ricardo Siqueira Bovendorp   +7 more
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A mass stranding of seven Longman’s beaked whales (Indopacetus pacificus) in New Caledonia, South Pacific [PDF]

, 2016
International audienceSeven Longman’s beaked whales (Indopacetus pacificus) stranded together in southern New Caledonia on 16 November 2013 (one adult male, two adult females, two subadult females, one calf, and one unknown).
Bustamante, Paco, Dalebout, Merel,, Dodémont, Rémi, Garrigue, Claire, Kwiatek, Olivier, Libeau, Geneviève,, Lockyer, Christina,, Oremus, Marc, Vivier, Jean-Christophe   +8 more
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Capture-recapture abundance estimate of Guiana dolphins in southeastern Brazil

Ciencias Marinas, 2012
The objective of this study was to estimate the abundance of Sotalia guianensis in Sepetiba Bay, southeastern Brazil, based on photographic identification of animals. Estimates of population size were obtained using capture-recapture models for a closed population.
M Freitas-Nery, S Marino-Simão
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NURSERY AREA FOR THE THREATENED GUIANA DOLPHIN, SOTALIA GUIANENSIS, ON THE NORTHEAST COAST OF BRAZIL

International Journal of Conservation Science
Cetacean calves are considered fragile and vulnerable, especially in the first year of life. To guarantee safety and increase the likelihood of survival, females with calves use habitats with unique characteristics, called nursery areas.
Gessica Rafaelly Dantas da Silva, Maria Gabriela Fernandes Martins de Medeiros, V. Lunardi, D. G. Lunardi   +3 more
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Behaviour of Sotalia guianensis (van Bénéden, 1864) (Cetacea, Delphinidae) and ethnoecological knowledge of artisanal fishermen from Canavieiras, Bahia, Brazil

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2012
Artisanal fishermen, because of their direct and frequent contact with the aquatic environment, possess a wealth of knowledge about the natural history of the fauna of the region in which they live.
Costa Martha Eloy, Le Pendu Yvonnick, Neto Eraldo Medeiros   +2 more
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