A review of the status of the common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in Argentina

ELS VERMEULEN; RICARDO BASTIDA; LEONARDO G. BERNINSONE; PABLO BORDINO; MAURICIO FAILLA; PEDRO FRUET; GUILLERMO HARRIS; MIGUEL IÑÍGUEZ; MARIA CONSTANZA MARCHESI; PABLO PETRACCI; LAURA REYES; MARIANO SIRONI; STEFAN BRÄGER

Otro; International Whaling Commission Annual Meeting; 2016

International Whaling Commission

This paper reviews all available information on the distribution, movement patterns, abundance and population structure of the bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus in Argentina. Data point out the dramatic decrease in sightings of the species in this country, most likely related to a serious population decline in their southernmost range of the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. Available data indicate the presence of perhaps two remaining populations, of approximately 90-133 and