Hi everyone, welcome to a new episode of WHALEZONE.TV, which is now available on our blog! In this episode, our MSc in Oceanography Marylou explains what are the Dolphin species living in freshwater.
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References:
Best, R.C., and da Silva, V.M.F. (1989). Amazon River dolphin, Boto Inia geoffrensis (de Blainville, 1817). In “Handbook of Marine Mammals”, (S.H. Ridgway, and R.J. Harrison Eds), Vol. 4, pp. 1–23. Academic Press, London.
Braulik, G.T., Arshad, M., Noureen, U., and Northridge, S.P. (2014). Habitat fragmentation and species extirpation in freshwater ecosystems; causes of range decline of the Indus River dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor). PLoS One 9(7), 101657.
Cunha, H.A., et al. (2005). Riverine and marine Sotalia (Cetacea: Delphinidae) are di erent species. Mar. Biol. 148, 449–457.
Anderson, J. (1879). Anatomical and Zoological Researches: Comprising an Account of Zoological Results of the Two Expeditions to Western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875; and a Monograph of the Two Cetacean Genera, Platanista and Orcella [sic]. Bernard Quaritch, London.
Crespo, E.A., Harris, G., and Gonzalez, R. (1998). Group size and distributional range of the franciscana Pontoporia blainvillei. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 14, 845–849.
Footage:
1) Pink River Dolphins Of The Amazon Rainforest’s Hunting Secret | Earth’s Great Rivers – Source: BBC Earth
2) The Tucuxi: A dolphin that likes it sweet or salty. Source: James Wolfe
3) La Plata Dolphin – Source: YAQU PACHA (Organization for the Conservation of South American Aquatic Mammals)
4) Pink River Dolphins | Untamed Americas – Source: National Geographic
