Golfo Dulce: critical habitat and nursery area for juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks Sphyrna lewini in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape
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DOI: 10.1007/s10641-019-00907-1
Abstract: Scalloped hammerhead sharks Sphyrna lewini are endangered and threatened by fisheries. Along the Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape (ETPS) adults are protected from fishing near oceanic islands, but juveniles are captured by various fishing gear in… read more here.
Keywords: scalloped hammerhead; habitat; sharks sphyrna; juvenile ... See more keywords
Habitat partitioning mediates the coexistence of sympatric dolphins in a tropical fjord-like embayment
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DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyy021
Abstract: Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and pantropical spotted dolphins (Stenella attenuata) co-occur in Golfo Dulce, a fjord-like embayment located in the southern Pacific coast of Costa Rica. We evaluated if spatial overlap by these dolphin species… read more here.
Keywords: coexistence; fjord like; like embayment; golfo dulce ... See more keywords