Bryde's whale (Cetartiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) occurrence and movements in coastal areas of southeastern Brazil

Bryde's whales, Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1879, were observed on 17 occasions (N = 21 surveys) in the coastal waters off Rio de Janeiro in southeastern Brazil during austral summer through autumn 2014. Five whales were individually identified using photo-identification techniques. The mean i...

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Main Authors: Liliane Lodi, Rodrigo H. Tardin, Bia Hetzel, Israel S. Maciel, Luciana D. Figueiredo, Sheila M. Simão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2015-04-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702015000200171&lng=en&tlng=en