Cetacean diurnal behavior in the Guanacaste Conservation Area, Costa Rica

• Published in: Revista de Biología Tropical
• Main Author: Martínez-Fernández, Damián
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 2021
• Subjects: dolphins; humpback whales; Stenella attenuata; Megaptera novaeangliae; cetacean behavior; mother-calf association; marine conservation; delfines; ballenas jorobadas; comportamiento de cetáceos; conservación marina; Ballenas; Delfín; Jorobada; Pacific; Ballena jorobada; Humpback Whale
• Online Access: https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/48745; https://doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v69iSuppl.2.48745

Introduction: Three species of cetaceans, the pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata attenuata), the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), are important components of the marine fauna of the Guanacaste Conservation Area (ACG). However, basi...