Advances in Marine Vertebrate Research in Latin America

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Historical Development of Aquatic Mammal Research in Latin America

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Mastozoology History and Perspectives in Latin America: Marine and Freshwater Mammals in Spotlight

      • Paulo C. Simões-Lopes

      Pages 3-13

   3. Long-Term Monitoring of Dolphins in a Large Estuarine System of Southeastern Brazil

      • Emygdio L. A. Monteiro-Filho, Lucimary S. Deconto, Caio N. Louzada, Rebeca P. Wanderley, Daniela F. Godoy, Eric Medeiros

      Pages 15-40

   4. An Integrated Framework to Assess the Carrying Capacity of Humpback Whale-Watching Tourism in Praia do Forte, Northeastern Brazil

      • Luena Fernandes, Marcos R. Rossi-Santos

      Pages 41-73

3. Technological Innovation for Marine Vertebrate Research in Latin America

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75

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   2. Land-Based Station Studies of Aquatic Mammals in Latin America: Understanding Behavior for Conservation

      • Maria Emilia Morete, Daniela Abras, Cristiane C. A. Martins

      Pages 77-112

   3. Marine Mammal Bioacustics Using Towed Array Systems in the Western South Atlantic Ocean

      • Artur Andriolo, Franciele Rezende de Castro, Thiago Amorim, Gustavo Miranda, Juliana Di Tullio, Juliana Moron et al.

      Pages 113-147

   4. Bioacoustic Techniques Applied to Odontocete Conservation and Management in Argentina

      • Mariana L. Melcón, M. Vanesa Reyes Reyes, Miguel Iñíguez

      Pages 149-167

   5. Novel Research Techniques Provide New Insights to the Sea Turtle Life Cycle

      • Maria Ângela Marcovaldi, Alexsandro S. Santos, Paulo H. Lara, Milagros López-Mendilaharsu

      Pages 169-195

   6. Opportunistic Sightings of Dolphins (MAMMALIA, CETACEA, DELPHINIDAE) in the North Coast of Bahia State, Northeastern Brazil, Between 2001 and 2006

      • Mateus Souza de Carvalho, Marcos R. Rossi-Santos, Elitieri Santos-Neto, Clarêncio G. Baracho

      Pages 197-220

   7. Using Chemical Elements to the Study of Trophic and Spatial Ecology in Marine Mammals of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean

      • Elisa Seyboth, Silvina Botta, Eduardo Secchi

      Pages 221-248

4. Conservation Ecology of Marine Vertebrate Research in Latin America

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 249-249

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   2. Elasmobranchs Consumption in Brazil: Impacts and Consequences

      • Hugo Bornatowski, Raul R. Braga, Rodrigo P. Barreto

      Pages 251-262

   3. West Indian Manatee Trichechus manatus in South America: Distribution, Ecology and Health Assessment

      • Ana C. O. de Meirelles, Vitor L. Carvalho, Miriam Marmontel

      Pages 263-291

   4. Ecology and Conservation of Cetaceans of Costa Rica and Panama

      • Laura J. May-Collado, Marisol Amador-Caballero, José Julio Casas, Mónica P. Gamboa-Poveda, Frank Garita-Alpízar, Tim Gerrodette et al.

      Pages 293-319

   5. Anthropogenic Noise and Guiana Dolphins (Sotalia guianensis) in Brazil: Ecological and Conservation Concerns

      • Fábio de Sousa Pais, Rafaela Prado Cardoso, Marcos R. Rossi-Santos, Leonardo L. Wedekin, Flávio J. L. Silva, Emygdio L. A. Monteiro-Filho et al.

      Pages 321-366

   6. The Atlantic Goliath Grouper: Conservation Strategies for a Critically Endangered Species in Brazil

      • Maurício Hostim-Silva, Áthila A. Bertoncini, Maíra Borgonha, Jonas Rodrigues Leite, Matheus O. Freitas, Felippe Alexandre Daros et al.

      Pages 367-405

   7. The Spreading Message in a Noisy World: Song Behavior and Acoustic Ecology in Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean

      • Marcos R. Rossi-Santos

      Pages 407-440

   8. Conservation Advances for the Southern Right Whales in Brazil

      • Karina Groch

      Pages 441-475

This book gathers the most recent research findings on ecology and conservation of marine vertebrates in Latin America, making use of high technological methods to show readers the diversity of the marine research that has been conducted in these countries over the last decades. The book brings authors from more than 23 institutions of 7 different countries developing the most diverse research aiming at ocean conservation through the ecology of different vertebrate animals, such as whales, dolphins, manatees, turtles, seabirds and fish.


This book deals with technological advances and innovation in the ecology and conservation of marine vertebrates in Latin America. This eclectic collection is broad in scope but provides detailed summaries of new methods that are deployed in the study of marine environmental conservation. Key issues revolve around the development and application of educational methodologies in the field of marine vertebrate research, which provide a rational basis for better management of marine environments using modern techniques associated with GIS, satellite tracking, aerial systems, bioacoustics, biogeochemistry, genetics, underwater videography, species photoidentification, molecular biology, trophic ecological methods, ethological methods, and behavioural ecology, among others. Discussion and elucidation of these kinds of techniques are aimed at university-level students and post-graduate researchers. The scope of this volume includes whales, sharks, rays, dolphins, tropical fishes, turtles, manatees as well as aspects of Latin American marine ecosystem conservation. Researchers in this biogeographic region, as well as others involved with marine vertebrate research, will find this work essential reading.

• Marine vertebrates and conservation in Latin America
• Ecology and conservation in Latin America
• Technological innovation and conservation
• Marine Ecosystems in Latin America
• New methods in marine environmental conservation
• coastal sciences
• marine and freshwater sciences
• Model vertebrates

• Laboratório de Ecologia Acústica e Comportamento Animal/Acoustic Ecology and Animal Behavior Laboratory, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Ambientais e Biológicas - Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB), Cruz das Almas, Brazil

  Marcos R. Rossi-Santos

• Coastal Education and Research Foundation (CERF), Fletcher, USA

  Charles W. Finkl

Charles W. Finkl has edited and/or contributed to more than eight volumes in the Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. For the past 33 years he has been the Executive Director of the Coastal Education & Research Foundation and Editor-in-Chief of the international Journal of Coastal Research, In addition to these duties, he is Professor Emeritus at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida, USA. He is a graduate of the University of Western Australia (Perth) and previously worked for a wholly owned Australian subsidiary of the International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO). During his career, he acquired field experience in Australia; the Caribbean; South America; SW Pacific islands; southern Africa; Western Europe; and the Pacific Northwest, Midwest, and Southeast USA.

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