DOLPHINS: ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR AND CONSERVATION STRATEGIES

DOLPHINS: ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR AND CONSERVATION STRATEGIES

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1: BEHAVIORS OF BOTOS AND SHORT-FINNED PILOT WHALES DURING CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH HUMANS: MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS DERIVED FROM ETHOGRAMS FOR FOODPROVISIONED VERSUS UNHABITUATED CETACEANS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

METHODS

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCES

Chapter 2: PRESENCE OF TWO MORPHOTYPES IN POPULATIONS OF DELPHINUS DELPHIS: OCCIPITAL BONE MORPHOLOGY

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

METHODS

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

APPENDIX

REFERENCES

Chapter 3: NEUROCRANIUM ASYMMETRIES IN THE BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN, TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS (MONTAGU, 1821)

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

MATERIALS AND METHODS

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 4: ISOLATION OF YEASTS FROM STRANDED AND CAPTIVE DOLPHINS IN ITALY

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

MATERIALS AND METHODS

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCES

Chapter 5: ALL ABOUT DOLPHINS IN SECONDARY EDUCATION

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

DESIGNING A PROJECT ON DOLPHINS

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX

THREATS

OVERFISHING

BY-CATCH

ARTISANAL FISHERMEN

DYNAMITE FISHING

HABITAT LOSS

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

COLLISIONS

GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

NOISE POLLUTION

DISEASES

EXPLOITATION

HOW TO RESPOND TO A STRANDING

WHAT IS THE ISSUE?

WHAT DOES ARCHIPELAGOS DO?

WHAT IS THIS CAMPAIGN FOR?

REFERENCES

Chapter 6: POPULATION ECOLOGY AND ANTHROPOGENIC STRESSORS OF THE COASTAL BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS) IN THE EL MORRO MANGROVE AND WILDLIFE REFUGE, GUAYAQUIL GULF, ECUADOR: TOWARD CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACTIONS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

STUDY AREA

MATERIALS AND METHODS

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

REGULATED DOLPHIN WATCHING

CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 7: UNUSUAL RECORDS OF THE BEHAVIOR OF BOTO INIA SP. (CETARTIODACTYLA,INIIDAE) IN THE LOWER REACHES OF THE TOCANTINS AND GUAMÁ RIVERS, AMAZONIA

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

MATERIAL AND METHODS

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 8: AN INFREQUENTLY-OCCURRING ANOMALOUS COLOR PATTERN ON PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED DOLPHINS, LAGENORHYNCHUS OBLIQUIDENS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

AN ANOMALOUS COLOR PATTERN ON PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED DOLPHINS

DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 9: DOLPHIN-ASSISTED THERAPY RE-EXAMINED: IS IT FAIR TO THE DOLPHINS?

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

FROM LEGENDS AND MYTHS ABOUT DOLPHINS TO PRESENT TIMES

DOLPHIN-ASSISTED THERAPY

THE EDUCOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON DOLPHIN-ASSISTED THERAPY

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

INDEX