new publication on cetacean records in Brazil
Dear Marmamers: A new manuscript on cetacean records in southeastern Brazil is available. Requests promptly attended at: sotalia@gmail.com Santos, M.C. de O., Siciliano, S.; Vicente, A.F. de C.; Alavarenga, F.S.; Zampirolli, E.; de Souza, S.P. & Maranho, A. 2010. Cetacean records along Sao Paulo state coast, southeastern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 58(2): 123-142. Abstract: The São Paulo state (SP) coast (23°18'S, 44°42'W; 25°14'S, 48°01'W) is of approximately 600 km in length, bordering the Western Atlantic Ocean, in southeastern Brazil. Cetacean sightings and strandings have long been observed throughout this area. Scattered data from scientific publications, skeletal remains in museums, photographs and articles from newspaper files, universities and aquaria have been organized and updated since 1993. Field investigations on strandings and sightings have also been conducted. A total of 29 cetacean species have been recorded, including 7 baleen whales (Mysticeti) and 22 toothed whales (Odontoceti), as follows: *Balaenoptera physalus, B. borealis, B. edeni, B. acutorostrata, B. bonaerensis*, *Megaptera novaeangliae, Eubalaena australis, Physeter macrocephalus, Kogia breviceps, K. sima, Berardius arnuxii, Mesoplodon europaeus, M. mirus, Ziphius cavirostris, Orcinus orca, Feresa attenuata, Globicephala melas, G. macrorhynchus, Pseudorca crassidens, Delphinus capensis, Lagenodelphis hosei, Steno bredanensis, Tursiops truncatus, **Stenella frontalis, S. longirostris, S. coeruleoalba, Lissodelphis peronii, Sotalia guianensis *and *Pontoporia blainvillei*. Several species have been observed only once and include strays from their areas of common distribution, as well as species with known preferences for offshore distribution. Others, such as *P. blainvillei *and *S. guianensis*, are common coastal dwellers year-round. *Z. cavirostris, P. crassidens *and *L. hosei *are reported for the first time on the SP coast. -- Dr. Marcos Cesar de Oliveira Santos Projeto Atlantis, Laboratorio de Biologia da Conservacao de Cetaceos PROGRAMA JOVEM PESQUISADOR EM CENTROS EMERGENTES- FAPESP Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Zoologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP), Campus Rio Claro Av 24-A, 1515, Bela Vista, Rio Claro, SP, Brasil, 13506-900. Tel: 55-19-3526-4296
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