Results 41 to 50 of about 48,587 (185)

Who Is in Handicrafts: Tooth Morphology and Age Determination as Tools to Assess Vulnerable Dolphins Sotalia spp. Supplying the Trade of Artisanal Charms in Brazil

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
In Brazil, dolphins’ body parts are commonly used as traditional amulets, named as love-charms, while dolphins’ teeth are commercialized in handcrafted necklaces and bracelets.
Greicy F. Ruenes, Greicy F. Ruenes, Greicy F. Ruenes, Larissa R. de Oliveira, Larissa R. de Oliveira, Renata Emin-Lima, Renata Emin-Lima, Alexandra Fernandes Costa, Alexandra Fernandes Costa, Fernanda Löffler Niemeyer Attademo, Fábia de Oliveira Luna, Salvatore Siciliano, Salvatore Siciliano, Salvatore Siciliano   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

First record of a white rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) off West Africa including notes on rough-toothed dolphin surface behaviour [PDF]

, 2010
In June 2009, a white rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) calf was photographed in a group of at least 50 dolphins in the southern Gulf of Guinea, 95 nauticol miles off the Gabon coast (01°45'S 007°29'E), West Africa. Reports of unusually pigmented
Marijke N. de Boer, Boer, M.N., de
core   +1 more source

Conservation ecology and phylogenetics of the Indus River dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor) [PDF]

, 2012
The historical range of the Indus River dolphin has declined by 80% since the 19th century and has been fragmented into 17 river sections by construction of irrigation barrages.
Braulik, Gillian T.
core   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

Planning Conservation Strategies of Guiana Dolphin Related to Canal Flow and Habitat Changes in the Estuarine Lagunar Complex of Cananéia

Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2022
Anthropogenic activities have altered the structure and function of coastal and estuarine ecosystems, affecting the animals that occur in these areas.
Daniela Ferro de Godoy, Daniela Ferro de Godoy, Daniela Ferro de Godoy, Heloise Pavanato, Artur Andriolo, Artur Andriolo, Artur Andriolo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

On following pages: 11. Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis); 12. Fraser's Dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosel); 13. Tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis); 14. Guiana Dolphin (Sotalia guianensis); 15. Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis); 16. Atlantic Humpback Dolphin (Sousa teuszii). in Delphinidae

, 2014
On following pages: 11. Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis); 12. Fraser's Dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosel); 13. Tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis); 14. Guiana Dolphin (Sotalia guianensis); 15.
Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier
core   +1 more source

Castles in the Air: Sectarian Puritanism, the Revolutionary Caribbean and the Forgotten Colony of New Warwick, Trinidad

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines an overlooked attempt to colonize the island of Trinidad during the English Revolution of the 1640s. This project was engineered by a consortium of radical puritans, seeking to create a protected enclave in the New World for separatists, anabaptists and other sectaries.
DAVID R. COMO
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Sensory Biology of the Franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei, Pontoporiidae, Cetartiodactyla): Ontogenetic Modifications of Vibrissae and Vibrissal Crypts

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
The transition of cetaceans from a terrestrial to an aquatic environment involved a crucial sensory adaptation to environments with limited visibility. Vibrissae, important mechanoreceptors, undergo an ontogenetic transformation in odontocetes. This research describes the histomorphology of vibrissae and crypts at different developmental stages ...
Cecilia Mariana Krmpotic, Cleopatra Mara Loza, Alejo Carlos Scarano, Pedro Fernando Andrés‐Laube, Francisco Acuña, Juan Pablo Loureiro, Carolina Natalia Zanuzzi, Nicolás Nahuel Castro, María Teresa Pombo, Lorenzo von Fersen, Claudio Gustavo Barbeito   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecologia alimentar e espacial da toninha (pontoporia blainvillei) e do boto-cinza (Sotalia guianensis) na Baía da Babitonga, Sul do Brasil [PDF]

, 2015
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Florianópolis, 2015A toninha (Pontoporia blainvillei) é um pequeno golfinho endêmico do Oceano Atlântico Sul Ocidental.
Paitach, Renan Lopes
core