From coastal to offshore: The case of an inshore bottlenose dolphin that joined an offshore pod

Fernando Félix*, Cristina Castro, Marie Françoise Van Bressem, Luna Barragán, May Platt, Koen Van Waerebeek

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JournalMarine Mammal Science
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StatePublished - 2 Jan 2025

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This research is framed in the joint initiative \u201CConservation of Coastal Dolphins\u201D supported by the Pacific Whale Foundation Ecuador, WildAid Ecuador, and Museo de Ballenas starting from 2021. We are grateful to Palosanto Travel and their boat crew. Shannon Barber\u2010Mayer, Randall Wells, and two anonymous reviewers made valuable comments to improve this article. The research with coastal dolphins in Ecuador was conducted under the research authorizations MAATE\u2010ARSFC\u20102023\u20102943 and MAATE\u2010ARSFC\u20102024\u20100389, issued by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition of Ecuador. The Centro Peruano de Estudios Cetol\u00F3gicos (CEPEC) is a full\u2010volunteer working group.

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Pacific Whale Foundation

    Keywords

    • common bottlenose dolphin
    • ecotypes
    • Ecuador
    • social behavior

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