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Three new records of cetacean species for Aruba, Leeward Antilles, southern Caribbean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2011

Jolanda A. Luksenburg
Jolanda A. Luksenburg*
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 4444, USA
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Correspondence should be addressed to: J.A. Luksenburg, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 4444, USA email: j.luksenburg@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Very little information exists about the cetaceans of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire (ABC Islands), in the southern Caribbean. During the first dedicated cetacean surveys for the coastal waters of Aruba, photographic evidence for the occurrence of false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens), Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) and spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) was obtained. These represent the first confirmed records of P. crassidens and S. frontalis for the ABC Islands and of S. longirostris for Aruba.

Keywords

false killer whalePseudorca crassidensAtlantic spotted dolphinStenella frontalisspinner dolphinStenella longirostrisArubaLeeward Antilles

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 4 , December 2011 , e4
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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