Dear colleagues, The following is the abstract of a recently published paper: The surface behavior of the estuarine dolphin in Baía dos Golfinhos, RN, Brazil: a field and comparative study. Antonio Souto, Janaina Pauline de Araújo, Lena Geise & Maria Elisabeth de Araújo. Revista Brasileira de Zoociências 8 (2): 183-192. 2006 Abstract The estuarine dolphin or tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais & Deville, 1853)) is becoming the target of many behavioral and ecological studies. Nevertheless, an ethogram, a basic tool for more reliable research replication, is still missing. The present study aimed at contributing to a standardized partial ethogram for the behaviors of the estuarine dolphin. Behavioral patterns were recorded and compared to the available data in literature for S. fluviatilis and other species of dolphins. A total of eleven clear distinguishable patterns of behavior were carefully named and described. The ethogram obtained through this field and comparative study is an attempt to clarify the terminologies for S. fluviatilis' activity, which is important for future behavioral studies. You can download the article: http://www.zoociencias.ufjf.br/revistas/v8n2/artigo09.pdf Or request it to me. Janaina Araújo janainabio@yahoo.com.br _______________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - Sempre a melhor opção para você! Experimente já e veja as novidades. http://br.yahoo.com/mailbeta/tudonovo/