Search Results - "Paulo C. Simões-Lopes"

Ecological divergence and speciation in common bottlenose dolphins in the western South Atlantic by Costa, Ana P. B., Fruet, Pedro F., Secchi, Eduardo R., Daura‐Jorge, Fábio G., Simões‐Lopes, Paulo C., Di Tullio, Juliana C., Rosel, Patricia E.

“…Coastal and offshore ecotypes of common bottlenose dolphins have been recognized in the western South Atlantic, and it is possible that trophic niche…”
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A practical guide on stable isotope analysis for cetacean research by Teixeira, Clarissa R., Troina, Genyffer C., Daura‐Jorge, Fabio G., Simões‐Lopes, Paulo C., Botta, Silvina

“…Trophic ecology information about cetaceans is essential to understand their role in ecosystem dynamics. Stable isotope analysis is a valuable complementary…”
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Niche overlap and diet composition of three sympatric coastal dolphin species in the southwest Atlantic Ocean by Teixeira, Clarissa R., Botta, Silvina, Daura‐Jorge, Fábio G., Pereira, Luiza B., Newsome, Seth D., Simões‐Lopes, Paulo C.

“…Sympatric species are expected to differ in ecological requirements to minimize niche overlap and avoid competition. Here we assess the trophic interactions…”
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Assessing spatial patterns and density of a dolphin population through signature whistles by Romeu, Bianca, Daura‐Jorge, Fábio G., Hammond, Philip S., Castilho, Pedro V., Simões‐Lopes, Paulo C.

“…Some dolphin species produce signature whistles, which may allow the identification of individual dolphins using passive acoustic monitoring (PAM). Identifying…”
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How many are they? Estimates of demographic patterns of reproductive females of southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) in the southern coast of Brazil by Renault‐Braga, Eduardo P., Groch, Karina R., Simões‐Lopes, Paulo C.

“…Southern right whales use the Brazilian coast as a wintering area. This population was severely depleted by whaling up until 1973. Since the 1980s, studies…”
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Dolphin population specialized in foraging with artisanal fishers requires zero‐bycatch management to persist by Bezamat, Carolina, Hammond, Philip S., Castilho, Pedro V., Simões‐Lopes, Paulo C., Daura‐Jorge, Fábio G.

“…The small population paradigm assumes that populations with low numbers of individuals intrinsically have a high probability of extinction. The small…”
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Is there spatial segregation between reproductive groups of southern right whales along the coastline of southern Brazil? by Renault‐Braga, Eduardo P., Groch, Karina R., Simões‐Lopes, Paulo C.

“…Santa Catarina State, in southern Brazil, is an important breeding ground for the southern right whale and it is possible to record mother‐calf pairs and…”
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Predicting the breeding hotspots of the southern right whale, Eubalaena australis (Cetartiodactyla: Mysticeti), along the southern Brazilian coastline by Pires Renault-Braga, Eduardo, Groch, Karina R., Simões-Lopes, Paulo C.

“…To predict the potential breeding hotspots of southern right whales in southern Brazil, we used a Maxent model with a “presence-only” dataset. The dataset was…”
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Offshore and coastal common bottlenose dolphins of the western South Atlantic face-to-face: What the skull and the spine can tell us by Costa, Ana P. B., Rosel, Patricia E., Daura-Jorge, Fábio G., Simões-Lopes, Paulo C.

“…The taxonomy of Tursiops truncatus in the western South Atlantic is not resolved. Two different hypotheses have been proposed: (1) offshore and coastal…”
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The influence of cooperative foraging with fishermen on the dynamics of a bottlenose dolphin population by Bezamat, Carolina, Simões‐Lopes, Paulo C., Castilho, Pedro V., Daura‐Jorge, Fábio G.

“…Recent years have seen an increasing interest in individual behavioral variation. However, the implications of such variation for population dynamics are often…”
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Bottlenose dolphins that forage with artisanal fishermen whistle differently by Romeu, Bianca, Cantor, Mauricio, Bezamat, Carolina, Simões‐Lopes, Paulo C., Daura‐Jorge, Fábio G., Ebensperger, L.

“…Acoustic communication is a taxonomically widespread phenomenon, crucial for social animals. We evaluate social sounds from bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops…”
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Seasonal abundance and adult survival of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in a community that cooperatively forages with fishermen in southern Brazil by Daura-Jorge, Fábio G., Ingram, Simon N., Simões-Lopes, Paulo C.

“…A subgroup of a population of Tursiops truncatus in southern Brazil is known for a cooperative behavior with artisanal fishermen whereby the dolphins shoal…”
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Potential ship strikes and density of humpback whales in the Abrolhos Bank breeding ground, Brazil by Bezamat, Carolina, Wedekin, Leonardo L., Simões-Lopes, Paulo C.

“…Ship strikes are one of the major threats to large whales worldwide. The potential impact from increasing vessel traffic therefore is a concern for the future…”
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Spatial behavioural response of coastal bottlenose dolphins to habitat disturbance in southern Brazil by Agrelo, Macarena, Daura‐Jorge, Fábio G., Bezamat, Carolina, Silveira, Thiago C.L., Volkmer de Castilho, Pedro, Rodrigues Pires, José Salatiel, Simões‐Lopes, Paulo C.

“…A small population of coastal bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus gephyreus) inhabits the inland waters of Laguna, southern Brazil. A subset of this…”
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Stable isotopes indicate population structuring in the southwest Atlantic population of right whales (Eubalaena australis) by Vighi, Morgana, Borrell, Asunción, Crespo, Enrique A, Oliveira, Larissa R, Simões-Lopes, Paulo C, Flores, Paulo A C, García, Néstor A, Aguilar, Alex, Aguilar, Alejandro

“…From the early 17th century to the 1970s southern right whales, Eubalaena australis, were subject to intense exploitation along the Atlantic coast of South…”
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Assessing population parameters and trends of Guiana dolphins (Sotalia guianensis): An eight-year mark-recapture study by Cantor, Mauricio, Wedekin, Leonardo L., Daura-Jorge, Fábio G., Rossi-Santos, Marcos R., Simões-Lopes, Paulo C.

“…This study represents the first attempt to study the population dynamics of Guiana dolphins (Sotalia guianensis), by evaluating a set of demographic…”
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Epidemiology of lobomycosis-like disease in bottlenose dolphins Tursiops spp. from South America and southern Africa by Van Bressem, Marie-Françoise, Simões-Lopes, Paulo C, Félix, Fernando, Kiszka, Jeremy J, Daura-Jorge, Fabio G, Avila, Isabel C, Secchi, Eduardo R, Flach, Leonardo, Fruet, Pedro F, du Toit, Kate, Ott, Paulo H, Elwen, Simon, Di Giacomo, Amanda B, Wagner, Jeanne, Banks, Aaron, Van Waerebeek, Koen

“…We report on the epidemiology of lobomycosis-like disease (LLD), a cutaneous disorder evoking lobomycosis, in 658 common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus…”
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Dental erosion in South Atlantic dolphins (Cetacea: Delphinidae): A macro and microscopic approach by Loch, Carolina, Grando, Liliane J., Schwass, Donald R., Kieser, Jules A., Fordyce, R. Ewan, Simões-Lopes, Paulo C.

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Site fidelity and movements of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) on the Brazilian breeding ground, southwestern Atlantic by Wedekin, Leonardo L, Neves, Mariana C, Marcondes, Milton C.C, Baracho, Clarêncio, Rossi-Santos, Marcos R, Engel, Márcia H, Simões-Lopes, Paulo C

“…Site fidelity and movements were studied for humpback whales photo-identified from 1989 to 2006 in the Abrolhos Bank, southwestern Atlantic, Brazil. A total of…”
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Case Report of Flipper Anatomic Anomaly of Sotalia guianensis From Sepetiba Bay, Rio de Janeiro by Marigo, Juliana, Pinto, Nelson S., Simões‐Lopes, Paulo C., Leonardo, Flach, Azevedo, Alexandre F., Lailson‐Brito, José

“…ABSTRACT The cetacean flipper consists of a soft tissue that encases most of the forelimb containing humerus, radius, ulna, carpals, metacarpals, and…”
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