Using blubber biopsies to provide ecological information about bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) around the Azores
Walton, M.J.; Silva, M.A.; Magalhães, S.M.; Prieto, R.; Santos, R.S. (2007). Using blubber biopsies to provide ecological information about bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) around the Azores. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 87(1): 223-230. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315407054537
In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press/Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: Cambridge. ISSN 0025-3154; e-ISSN 1469-7769, more
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- Walton, M.J.
- Silva, M.A.
- Magalhães, S.M.
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- Prieto, R.
- Santos, R.S., more
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| Abstract |
Fatty acid profiles were used to investigate aspects of bottlenose dolphin populations around the Azores archipelago. Biopsy samples were obtained from 70 dolphins during the period 2002-2004. No statistically significant differences in profiles were found between different island groups, between sexes or between year of sampling. Thus no evidence was seen for island group fidelity, in contrast to bottlenose dolphins found around similar island groups such as the Hawaiian archipelago or the Bahamas. The findings are consistent with concurrent genetic and photo-identification studies on dolphins in the Azores. (c) 2007 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. |
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