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Title: Southernmost distribution of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the eastern South Pacific
Related: Aquatic mammals, Vol. 36, No. 3 (2010), p.288-293
DOI: 10.1578/AM.36.3.2010.288
Publisher: Western Illinois University Regional Center
Date: 2010
FoR/RFCD Code(s): 060800 Zoology
Author/Creator: Olavarría, Carlos
Author/Creator: Acevedo, Jorge
Author/Creator: Hucke-Gaete, Rodrigo
Author/Creator: Torres-Flórez, Juan Pablo
Author/Creator: Vester, Heike I
Author/Creator: Zamorano-Abramson, José
Author/Creator: Viddi, Francisco A
Author/Creator: Gibbons, Jorge
Author/Creator: Newcombe, Emma
Author/Creator: Capella, Juan
Author/Creator: Hoelzel, A. Rus
Author/Creator: Flores, Marcelo
Description: The common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is a cosmopolitan species that does not range to latitudes greater than 45º in either hemisphere, with a few exceptions. In South American waters, this species is generally distributed in the Atlantic Ocean south to Chubut province (ca. 46º S), while in the eastern South Pacific this species has been recorded in northern and central Chile, with a few records south to 40º S. Here we summarize recent records of common bottlenose dolphins obtained during systematic marine mammal surveys in the Chilean Patagonian and Fuegian channels and fjords (the Los Lagos, Aysén, and Magallanes regions of Chile). These data suggest an extension of the documented range of the species southwards, indicating that bottlenose dolphins may have colonized new areas in the eastern South Pacific or as the result of an increase in survey efforts by scientists in the region.
Description: 6 page(s)
Subject Keyword: 060800 Zoology
Subject Keyword: common bottlenose dolphin
Subject Keyword: Tursiops truncatus
Subject Keyword: eastern South Pacific
Subject Keyword: Chile
Subject Keyword: distribution
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Environment and Geography

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/125852
Identifier: ISSN:0167-5427
Identifier: mq-rm-2010003418
Language: eng
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