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Prevalence of Epidermal Conditions in Critically Endangered Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins (Sousa chinensis) from the Waters of Western Taiwan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The prevalence of epidermal conditions in a small critically endangered population (
Wei-Cheng Yang1, Wei-Lung Chang2, Ka-Hei Kwong1, Yi-Ting Yao1 and Lien-Siang Chou2*
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Sotalia fluviatilis [PDF]

open access: yesMammalian Species, 1996
Vera M. F. da Silva, R. C. Best
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The cetaceans of Guinea, a first check-list of documented species. Scientific Committee document SC/58/O15, International Whaling Commission, May-June 2006, St. Kitts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
A CMS workshop on West African Cetacea (Conakry, May 2000), called for i.a. ‘carrying out .. inventory of cetacean species; collection, treatment and compilation of data for each state.’ The present paper is a preliminary faunal checklist of cetaceans ...
Bah, S.S.   +8 more
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The vertebral morphology of the estuarine dolphin, Sotalia guianensis (Cetacea, Delphinidae) [PDF]

open access: yesBiotemas, 2004
We present a description of the backbone of the marine tucuzi (Sotalia guianensis ) vertebrae (n= 34), including the variations in the vertebral formula (n= 32)(UFSC- Universidade Federal de Santa catarina): Ce7, T12,L10-12,Ca23-25= 52-56.
Paulo César Simões-Lopes   +1 more
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Feeding associations between Guiana dolphins, Sotalia guianensis (Van Bénèden, 1864) and seabirds in the Lagamar estuary, Brazil Associações de alimentação entre o boto-cinza (Sotalia guianensis) (Van Bénèden, 1864) e aves marinhas no estuário do Lagamar, Brasil

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Biology, 2010
The main objective of the present study was to describe the characteristics regarding interactions between Guiana dolphins, Sotalia guianensis and seabirds in feeding associations in two distinct areas of the Lagamar estuary, Brazil.
MCO. Santos   +3 more
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Group size and composition of Guiana dolphins (Sotalia guianensis) (Van Bénèden, 1864) in the Paranaguá Estuarine Complex, Brazil

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Biology
The aim of the present study was to describe the characteristics of Guiana dolphins (S. guianensis) group size and composition in the Paranaguá Estuarine Complex (25° 15' -25° 36' S and 48° 02'-48° 45' W), Paraná State, as well as to verify the existence
MCO. Santos   +3 more
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Molecular Identification and Historic Demography of the Marine Tucuxi (Sotalia guianensis) at the Amazon River’s Mouth by Means of Mitochondrial Control Region Gene Sequences and Implications for Conservation

open access: yesDiversity, 2013
In 2005, three fishermen, with artisan fishing vessels and drift gillnets, accidentally captured around 200 dolphins between Vigia and Salinópolis in the Amazon River estuary. The dolphins died and they then prepared their vaginas and penises in order to
Joseph Mark Shostell   +4 more
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Rediscovery of Cameroon Dolphin, the Gulf of Guinea Population of Sousa teuszii (Kükenthal, 1892) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Since the 1892 discovery of the Atlantic humpback dolphin Sousa teuszii (Delphinidae), a species endemic to coastal western Africa, from a skull collected in Cameroon, not a single record has been documented from the country or neighbouring countries ...
Ayissi, I.   +2 more
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Ethnoecology of sotalia guianensis (gervais, 1853) in the Amazon estuar

open access: yes, 2022
This chapter describes a study conducted on the ecology of Sotalia guianensis in the Amazon estuary from 1999 to 2001, using participatory research with methodology. Interviews of 150 fishermen across 11 towns as well as surveys of the estuary by boat were completed to obtain information regarding S.
Beltrán-Pedreros, Sandra   +2 more
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Molecular Identification of Delphinids and Finless Porpoise (Cetacea) from the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The exact number of extant delphinid species from seas around India is still debated and the lack of adequate field keys and reliable inventory has resulted in misidentification of several species. As a part of a project to develop a molecular taxonomy
Afsal, V V   +6 more
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