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Vianna,Thaís dos S.; Loch,Carolina; Castilho,Pedro V. de; Gaidzinski,Morgana C.; Cremer,Marta J.; Simões-Lopes,Paulo C.. |
ABSTRACT Marine mammal strandings provide valuable insights into local biodiversity. Strandings can be caused by both natural and anthropogenic factors. In the state of Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil, organized marine mammal collections started in the 1980s through opportunistic and non-systematic collection efforts, representing a record of over 30 years of marine biodiversity. This study aimed to perform a preliminary review of 32 years of stranding records within this region. The secondary aim was to elucidate the stranding dynamics of the three most commonly recorded species. A total of 460 records were obtained, representing 17 species of odontocetes. The species registered most frequently were the franciscana, Pontoporia blainvillei (Gervais &... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Bycatch; Marine mammals; Pontoporia blainvillei; Sotalia guianensis; Tursiops truncatus. |
Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702016000500601 |
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