Reassessment of the franciscana Pontoporia blainvillei (Gervais & d'Orbigny, 1844) distribution and niche characteristics in Brazil

• Published in: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
• Main Authors: do Amaral, Karina Bohrer, Danilewicz, Daniel, Zerbini, Alexandre, Di Beneditto, Ana Paula, Andriolo, Artur, Alvares, Diego Janisch, Secchi, Eduardo Resende, Ferreira, Emanuel, Sucunza, Federico, Borges Martins, Márcio, de Oliveira Santos, Marcos César, Cremer, Marta, Denuncio, Pablo Ezequiel, Ott, Paulo Henrique, Moreno, Ignacio Benites
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Cetaceans; Distributional gaps; Environmental suitability; Geographic range; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Barra; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/88428

The franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei) is the most threatened small cetacean of South America. The species is endemic to coastal waters of the western South Atlantic Ocean, where it is distributed from Itaúnas (Brazil) to Golfo San Matias (Argentina). Its range was divided in four Franciscana Mana...