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Cetacean records along São Paulo state coast, Southeastern Brazil


 
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1. Title Title of document Cetacean records along São Paulo state coast, Southeastern Brazil
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Marcos César de Oliveira Santos; Universidade Estadual Paulista; Instituto de Biociências; Departamento de Zoologia Projeto Atlantis; Laboratório de Biologia da Conservação de Cetáceos;
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Salvatore Siciliano; FIOCRUZ; Departamento de Endemias; Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública; Grupo de Estudos de Mamíferos Marinhos da Região dos Lagos;
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country André Fabiano de Castro Vicente; Centro de Estudos sobre Encalhes de Mamíferos Marinhos;
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Fernando Siqueira Alvarenga; Centro de Estudos sobre Encalhes de Mamíferos Marinhos;
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Émerson Zampirolli; Centro de Estudos sobre Encalhes de Mamíferos Marinhos;
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Shirley Pacheco de Souza; UNICAMP; Instituto Terra & Mar; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia;
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Andréa Maranho; Associação de Resgate e Reabilitação de Animais Marinhos;
 
3. Subject Discipline(s)
 
3. Subject Keyword(s) Cetaceans;Western South Atlantic;Baleen whales;Toothed whales;Strandings
 
4. Description Abstract The São Paulo state (SP) coast (23º18'S, 44º42'W; 25º14'S, 48º01'W) is of approximately 600 km in length, bordering the Western Atlantic Ocean, in southeastern Brazil. Cetacean sightings and strandings have long been observed throughout this area. Scattered data from scientific publications, skeletal remains in museums, photographs and articles from newspaper files, universities and aquaria have been organised and updated since 1993. Field investigations on strandings and sightings have also been conducted. A total of 29 cetacean species have been recorded, including 7 baleen whales (Mysticeti) and 22 toothed whales (Odontoceti), as follows: Balaenoptera physalus, B. borealis, B. edeni, B. acutorostrata, B. bonaerensis, Megaptera novaeangliae, Eubalaena australis, Physeter macrocephalus, Kogia breviceps, K. sima, Berardius arnuxii, Mesoplodon europaeus, M. mirus, Ziphius cavirostris, Orcinus orca, Feresa attenuata, Globicephala melas, G. macrorhynchus, Pseudorca crassidens, Delphinus capensis, Lagenodelphis hosei, Steno bredanensis, Tursiops truncatus, Stenella frontalis, S. longirostris, S. coeruleoalba, Lissodelphis peronii, Sotalia guianensis and Pontoporia blainvillei. Several species have been observed only once and include strays from their areas of common distribution, as well as species with known preferences for offshore distribution. Others, such as P. blainvillei and S. guianensis, are common coastal dwellers year-round. Z. cavirostris, P. crassidens and L. hosei are reported for the first time on the SP coast.
 
5. Publisher Organizing agency, location Universidade de São Paulo. Instituto Oceanográfico
 
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7. Date (YYYY-MM-DD) 2010-06-01
 
8. Type Status & genre Peer-reviewed Article
 
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9. Format File format PDF
 
10. Identifier Uniform Resource Identifier https://www.revistas.usp.br/bjoce/article/view/39549
 
10. Identifier Digital Object Identifier (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1679-87592010000200004
 
11. Source Title; vol., no. (year) Brazilian Journal of Oceanography; Vol 58, No 2 (2010)
 
12. Language English=en en
 
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