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dc.creatorCampbell,Elizabeth
dc.creatorAlfaro-Shigueto,Joanna
dc.creatorGodley,Brendan J.
dc.creatorMangel,Jeffrey C.
dc.date2017-11-01
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-03T13:28:14Z
dc.date.available2019-05-03T13:28:14Z
dc.identifierhttps://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-560X2017000500957
dc.identifier.urihttp://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/88374
dc.descriptionABSTRACT We present results of the first simultaneous visual and acoustic surveys for Amazon River dolphins (Inia geoffrensis) and tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis), undertaken in Yarinacocha Lagoon, Ucayali, Peru (length = 20 km, area = 12 km2). A total of 324 Sotalia observations and 44 Inia observations were recorded in boat-based transects. Based upon total survey effort, we estimated Sotalia had a mean density ± SE of 1.98 ± 4.6 ind km−2 and an overall abundance of 34 individuals (95% CI: 28 to 40). Average density for Inia was 0.2 ± 1.2 ind km−2 with overall abundance estimated at 3 individuals (95% CI: 0 to 8). Visual surveys observed more Sotalia individuals during earlier hours of the day and during the dry season. Preliminary acoustic surveys undertaken with C-POD passive acoustic monitoring devices indicated a diel pattern in detections of cetacean vocalization with more diurnal activity and with detections ceasing from midnight until 10:00 AM. This work highlights the possibility of monitoring both river dolphin species through visual and acoustic surveys to generate baseline information on abundance trends and distribution patterns in the Ucayali region, an area with high levels of human disturbance.
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dc.languageen
dc.publisherPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Escuela de Ciencias del Mar
dc.relation10.3856/vol45-issue5-fulltext-11
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceLatin american journal of aquatic research v.45 n.5 2017
dc.subjectInia geoffrensis
dc.subjectSotalia fluviatilis
dc.subjectboto
dc.subjecttucuxi
dc.subjectpopulation
dc.subjectabundance
dc.subjectseasonality
dc.subjectecholocation loggers
dc.subjectC-POD
dc.titleAbundance estimate of the Amazon River dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) and the tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis) in southern Ucayali, Peru


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