Molecular and Morphological Differentiation of Common Dolphins (Delphinus sp.) in the Southwestern Atlantic: Testing the Two Species Hypothesis in Sympatry.

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Published in PLoS One on November 11, 2015

Authors

Haydée A Cunha1,2, Rocio Loizaga de Castro3, Eduardo R Secchi4, Enrique A Crespo3, José Lailson-Brito1, Alexandre F Azevedo1, Cristiano Lazoski2, Antonio M Solé-Cava2

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratório de Mamíferos Aquáticos e Bioindicadores (MAQUA), Faculdade de Oceanografia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2: Laboratório de Biodiversidade Molecular, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
3: Laboratorio de Mamíferos Marinos, Centro Nacional Patagónico-CONICET, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina.
4: Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação da Megafauna Marinha (EcoMega), Instituto de Oceanografia, Fundação Universitária do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

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