We thank the fisherman José“Cata”,Grisel Velásquez(UNISIG-IVIC),Laboratory of Ecosystems and Global Change,Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research,PADI Foundation(N°40470);the Cetacean Society International and the Society of Marine Mammalogy for their funding which enabled this study.
This study represents the first comprehensive analysis of the residency patterns of a coastal population of bottlenose dolphin off the coast of Aragua,Venezuela,over a multi-year period.Using photo-identification,the ...