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Population structure of the endangered franciscana dolphin (Pontoporia blainvillei): reassessing management units.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Cunha Haydée A, Medeiros Bruna V, Barbosa Lupércio A, Cremer Marta J, Marigo Juliana, Lailson-Brito José, Azevedo Alexandre F, Solé-Cava Antonio M
Abstract excerpt
Franciscanas are the most endangered dolphins in the Southwestern Atlantic. Due to their coastal and estuarine habits, franciscanas suffer from extensive fisheries bycatch, as well as from habitat loss and degradation. Four Franciscana Management Areas (FMA), proposed based on biology, demography, morphology and genetic data, were incorporated into management planning and in the delineation of research efforts....
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