Somos una fundación empresarial patrocinada únicamente por Empresas Polar, dedicada a
programas de utilidad colectiva e interés general con el fin de instalar capacidades en la …

The use of aquatic mammals as bait to enhance the harvest of fisheries species has
garnered little attention by the scientific and conservation communities, often receiving only …

The Amazon River dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), or boto, is illegally harvested for use as bait in
fisheries for the catfish Calophysus macropterus. To determine the effect of this harvest, we …

In the present study we tested if a series of 18 rapids on the upper Madeira River form an
effective barrier to gene flow, and in particular if they delimit the distribution of the boto Inia …

This assessment follows the Society for Marine Mammalogy's Committee on Taxonomy
(2017) which recognizes a single species in the genus, Inia geoffrensis, the Amazon River …

Human stressors are currently impacting both the Amazon and Orinoco river basins and
these are likely to increase. However, there is a lack of standardized monitoring programs to …

River dolphins are strongly affected by the construction of hydroelectric dams. Potential
isolation in subpopulations above and below such dams and the resulting low genetic …

Deliberate killing for use as bait in a regional catfish (Calophysus macropterus) fishery is the
primary threat affecting the survival of the Amazon river dolphin, or boto (Inia geoffrensis) …

Numerous dams disrupt freshwater animals. The uppermost population of the critically
endangered Yangtze finless porpoise has been newly formed below the Gezhouba Dam …

Small cetaceans, such as the Guiana dolphin (Sotalia guianensis), do not migrate long
distances to forage but use rather small areas subject to food source variations. Information …