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Chapter 2 SEASONAL ECOLOGY OF INIA IN THREE RIVER BASINS OF SOUTH AMERICA (ORINOCO, AMAZON, AND UPPER MADEIRA)
Movement Patterns of Individuals
Seasonality of Reproduction
Intra-Specific Aggression
Interactions with Fisheries
Seasonality of Reproduction
Chapter 3 CONSERVATION OF THE RIVER DOLPHIN (INIA BOLIVIENSIS) IN BOLIVIA
Distribution and Abundance
Research on Inia in Bolivia
CONSERVATION STATUS AND THREATS
Habitat Degradation, Decreased Water Quality and Contaminants
Traditions, Myths and Local Use
CONCLUSION AND CONSERVATION PRIORITIES
Chapter 4 MOBILITY OF THE AXIAL REGIONS IN A CAPTIVE AMAZON RIVER DOLPHIN (INIA GEOFFRENSIS)
OBSERVATIONS OF A CAPTIVE RIVER DOLPHIN: MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES
DOLPHIN AXIAL MOBILITY AND NAVIGATION
AXIAL ANATOMY AND DOLPHIN MOBILITY
Chapter 5 THE APPLICATION OF EQUATION MODELS TO DETERMINE THE AGE OF PINK RIVER DOLPHIN SKULLS
Multiple Lineal Regressions
Regression Using Distances
Chapter 6 AMAZON RIVER DOLPHIN: HIGH PHYLOPATRY DUE TO RESTRICTED DISPERSION AT LARGE AND SHORT DISTANCES
Sample Collection and DNA Extraction
DNA Amplification and Sequencing
Molecular Data and Statistic Analysis
Comparative Phylogeography
Chapter 7 AMAZON RIVER DOLPHIN POLYMORPHISM AND POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION OF MHC CLASS II PEPTIDES
Chapter 8 MICRO-GEOGRAPHICAL GENETIC STRUCTURE OF INIA GEOFFRENSIS IN THE NAPO-CURARAY RIVER BASIN BY MEANS OF CHESSER´S MODELS
Population Genetics Analyses
Main Reproductive Repercussions of the Chesser’s Simulation Data Obtained in the Biology of Inia
Could the Social Reproductive Parameters found in this Study be Typical for all the Inia Populations?
Chapter 9 CHANGES IN THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS OF PINK RIVER DOLPHINS (INIA) AT THE MICROGEOGRAPHICAL LEVEL IN PERUVIAN AND BOLIVIAN RIVERS AND WITHIN THE UPPER AMAZON: MICROSATELLITES AND MTDNA ANALYSES AND INSIGHTS INTO INIA’S ORIGIN
Population Genetics Demographic Analyses Microsatellites
Chapter 10 FOSSIL RECORD AND THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF INIODEA
Reputed Inioids with Dubious and No-Iniod Affinities
Proinia patagonica True, 1909
The Position of Parapontoporia
Family PARAPONTOPORIIDAE Barnes, 1984 Genus Parapontoporia
Superfamily Inioidea (Sensu Lato)
Family BRACHYDELPHIDAE Muizon, 1988c Brachydelphis mazeasi Muizon, 1984 and Brachydelphis sp from Peru and Chile
Protophocaena minima Abel, 1905
Stenasodelphis russellae Godfrey and Barnes, 2008
Discussion on the phylogenetic position of Brachidelphidae
Superfamily Inioidea (sensu stricto)
Family Pontoporiidae Burmeister, 1885
Pontistes rectifrons Burmeister, 1885
Pliopontos littoralis Muizon, 1983
Non South American Pontoporiidae
The Interrelationships of the Pontoporiidae
Family INIIDAE Gray, 1863
Possibly Iniidae of uncertain affinities Goniodelphis hudsoni Allen, 1941
Subfamily ISCHYRORHYNCHINAE Cozzuol, 1996 Genus Ischyrhorhynchus
I. vanbenedeni Ameghino, 1891
Genus Saurocetes S. argentinus Burmeister, 1871
Subfamily INIINAE Cozzuol, 1996 Plicodontinia mourai Miranda Ribeiro, 1938
INIIDAE: SUMMARY AND CONCUSSIONS
The Lipotoidea and their Relationships with Inioidea
Considerations about the Evolutionary Process and Paths that Originated the Inioid Clades
SOTALIA FLUVIATILIS-SOTALIA GUIANENSIS
Chapter 11 FISHERY ACTIVITY IMPACT ON THE SOTALIA POPULATIONS FROM THE AMAZON MOUTH
Fishing Vessel Characteristics and Size of Fishing Crew
Chapter 12 DOLPHIN-FISHERY INTERACTION: COST-BENEFIT, SOCIAL-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS
The Accidental Capture Problem
The Amazonian Estuary Fishery
Fishing Fleet Characterization
Interaction Dolphin-Fishery
Socio-Economic Considerations
Accidental Capture of Dolphins
Socio-Economic and Cultural Aspects
Interaction Dolphin-Fishery
Chapter 13 ETHNOECOLOGY OF SOTALIA GUIANENSIS (GERVAIS, 1853) IN THE AMAZON ESTUARY
Areas and Degree of Occurrence
Interactions (*) Among Variables
Chapter 14 MOLECULAR ECOLOGY AND SYSTEMATICS OF SOTALIA DOLPHINS
Evolutionary Relationships
Population Structure and Phylogeography
Conservation Implications
CONCLUSIONS AND PROSPECTS
Chapter 15 POPULATION STRUCTURE AND PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF TUCUXI DOLPHINS (SOTALIA FLUVIATILIS)
Sample Collection and DNA Extraction
PCR AMPLIFICATION AND SEQUENCING
Implications for Sotalia Fluviatilis Conservation and Management
Chapter 16 LIFE HISTORY AND ECOLOGY OF FRANCISCANA, PONTOPORIA BLAINVILLEI (CETACEA, PONTOPORIIDAE)
GENERAL EXTERNAL MORPHOLOGY
ORIGIN, EVOLUTION AND PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIP
REPRODUCTION AND SURVIVAL
Chapter 17 REVIEW ON THE THREATS AND CONSERVATION STATUS OF FRANCISCANA, PONTOPORIA BLAINVILLEI (CETACEA, PONTOPORIIDAE)
Incidental Mortality in Fishing Nets
Assessing the Species Conservation Status
Chapter 18 DETECTION OF YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES IN THE POYANG LAKE MOUTH AREA VIA PASSIVE ACOUSTIC DATA-LOGGERS
Study Site and Observation System
Effects of Shipping Traffic and Water Current
Chapter 19 POPULATION STATUS AND CONSERVATION OF BAIJI AND THE YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISE
ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
Progress and Difficulty of In Situ Protection
Establishment of Semi-Natural Protected Populations
Progress of Captive Breeding Program
FUTURE PROSPECT OF CONSERVATION
Chapter 20 FAILURE OF THE BAIJI RECOVERY PROGRAM: CONSERVATION LESSONS FOR OTHER FRESHWATER CETACEANS
CONSERVATION CONCERN, LEGISLATION AND ACTION
Would it have been Possible to Save the Baiji?
Wider Conservation Lessons
Chapter 21 HIGH LEVEL OF MHC POLYMORPHISM IN THE BAIJI AND FINLESS PORPOISE, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO POSSIBLE CONVERGENT ADAPTATION TO THE FRESHWATER YANGTZE RIVER
SSCP, Cloning and Sequencing
Allelic Diversity of the Finless Porpoise at Three MHC Genes
Allelic Diversity of the Baiji at Three MHC Genes
Phylogenetic Reconstruction
Similar and Identical Alleles between the Baiji and Finless Porpoise
Mismatch Distributions and Intragenic Recombination Analyses
Gene Duplication and Genetic Variation of the MHC Genes
Population Expansion and Intragenic Recombination
Highly Similarity between the Baiji and Finless Porpoise: Convergent Evolution?
Chapter 22 POPULATION STATUS AND CONSERVATION OF THE GANGES RIVER DOLPHIN (PLATANISTA GANGETICA GANGETICA) IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
Evolution of River Dolphins
Phylogenetic Position of the Ganges River Dolphin
Distribution of the Susu: Historical and Current Historical Distribution
Physical Description of the Ganges Dolphin
Morphological Characters of Interest
METHODS OF SIGHTING RECORDS
Conservation Status of the Ganges River Dolphins
The Ganges dolphin as National aquatic Animal of India
Chapter 23 THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY AND PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE SUPERFAMILY PLATANISTOIDEA
Institutional Abbreviations
A SYNOPSIS OF THE SUPERFAMILY PLATANISTOIDEA
A NEW GENUS OF FOSSIL PLATANISTOID DOLPHIN
Zarhinocetus Errabundus (Kellogg, 1931), New Combination
ANALYSIS OF PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS
CLASSIFICATION OF THE PLATANISTOIDEA
Biology, Evolution and Conservation of River Dolphins within South America and Asia
( Wildlife Protection, Destruction and Extinction )
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