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Spatial and temporal distribution of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, i...
Dinis, Ana; Carvalho, A.; Alves, F.; Nicolau, C.; Ribeiro, C.; Kaufmann, M.; Cañadas, A.; Freitas, L.One of the first steps in understanding the relationships between populations and their habitats is to determine which areas they use with higher frequency. This study used systematic and non-systematic survey data from 2001-2002 and 2004-2012 to determine encounter rates and investigate temporal and spatial distribution of bottlenose dolphins around Madeira, Desertas and Porto Santo islands. A total 24,914 km ...
Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus group dynamics, site fidelity, residency ...
Dinis, A.; Alves, F.; Nicolau, C.; Ribeiro, C.; Kaufmann, M.; Cañadas, A.; Freitas, LThe bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus is one of the most frequently sighted cetacean species in the Madeira Archipelago (North-East Atlantic); however, little is known about its population ecology in these waters. Photo-identification undertaken during systematic, non-systematic and opportunistic surveys conducted between 2001 and 2012 was used to assess group dynamics, site fidelity, residency and movement...
Daytime dive characteristics from six short-finned pilot whales Globicephala ma...
Alves, Filipe; Dinis, A.; Ribeiro, C.; Nicolau, C.; Kaufmann, M.; Fortuna, C. M.; Freitas, L.