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  1. First record of freshwater fish on the Cape Verdean archipelago

    First record of freshwater fish on the Cape Verdean archipelago

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Kay Lucek --- Institute for Ecology & Evolution, Division of Aquatic Ecology & Macroevolution, University of Bern, Switzerland Mélissa Lemoine --- Institute for Ecology & Evolution, Division of Evolutionary Ecology, University of Bern, Switzerland
    The Cape Verdean islands form a distinct aquatic freshwater ecoregion characterized mainly by temporal water bodies with an adapted invertebrate community. Freshwater fish were not previously recorded from the archipelago. During a non-exhaustive survey of freshwater bodies on five islands...
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  2. Spatial and seasonal patterns of European short-snouted seahorse <em>Hippocampus hippocampus</em> distribution in island coastal environments

    Spatial and seasonal patterns of European short-snouted seahorse Hippocampus hippocampus distribution in island coastal environments

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: F Otero-Ferrer --- Grupo de Investigación en Acuicultura, Spain R Herrera --- Dirección General de Ordenación del Territorio, Spain VM Tuset --- Instituto de Ciéncias del Mar (CSIC), Spain J Socorro --- Grupo de Investigación en Acuicultura, Spain L Molina --- Grupo de Investigación en Acuicultura, Spain
    This study represents the first report on seahorses in the Macaronesian islands (North-East Atlantic), determining the spatial and seasonal abundance, population structure and physical appearance of European short-snouted seahorse Hippocampus hippocampus. Animals were surveyed off Gran Canaria Island in two...
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  3. Bottlenose dolphin <em>Tursiops truncatus</em> group dynamics, site fidelity, residency and movement patterns in the Madeira Archipelago (North-East Atlantic)

    Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus group dynamics, site fidelity, residency and movement patterns in the Madeira Archipelago (North-East Atlantic)

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: A Dinis --- Madeira Whale Museum, Caniçal, Portugal F Alves --- Madeira Whale Museum, Caniçal, Portugal C Nicolau --- Madeira Whale Museum, Caniçal, Portugal C Ribeiro --- Madeira Whale Museum, Caniçal, Portugal M Kaufmann --- Centre of Life Sciences, Portugal A Cañadas --- ALNILAM – Research and Conservation, Spain L Freitas --- Madeira Whale Museum, Caniçal, Portugal
    The bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus is one of the most frequently sighted cetacean species in the Madeira Archipelago (North-East Atlantic); however, little is known about its population ecology in these waters. Photo-identification undertaken during systematic, non-systematic and opportunistic surveys conducted...
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