An oil spill can have both lethal and sub-lethal effects on dolphins. Multiple research efforts are on-going to study the potential impact(s) on dolphins of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which occurred during April – July 2010, . Bottlenose dolphins are the most common cetacean in inshore waters in the southeastern United States, but little [...]

In contrast to the decades of information available from bottlenose dolphins inhabiting some of southwest Florida’s bays, sounds, and estuaries, little is known about the health, stock structure, ranging patterns, and dive behavior of bottlenose dolphins in West Florida Shelf waters, 10-30 miles offshore. Information is needed to define population units for management purposes; data [...]

In response to the largest oil spill in the history of the U.S., as part of a Natural Resource Damage Assessment, a NOAA-sponsored health assessment of bottlenose dolphins was conducted in Barataria Bay, Louisiana, during August 3-16, 2011. The primary goal of this health assessment was to determine the potential health impacts from the Deepwater [...]

SDRP staff lent their expertise as part of a multi-agency team that conducted a health assessment of bottlenose dolphins in Barataria Bay, Louisiana during August 3-16, 2011. The health assessment was one of several efforts being conducted as part of the Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) for the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) Oil Spill. Barataria Bay [...]

Much concern surrounded the potential catastrophic impacts of the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill on wildlife and habitats in the Gulf of Mexico. The most common cetaceans in inshore waters of the Gulf, bottlenose dolphins, reside in coastal waters and bays, sounds, and estuaries where exposure to oil from the DWH incident was [...]

Electronic tags have proven to be valuable tools in assessing small cetacean movement patterns and habitat use. While tag design and success rates have varied, problems associated with package size, attachment position on the dorsal fin, and number of attachment pins have, in some cases, shortened the predicted attachment duration or caused adverse impacts to [...]

Our lives are full of dreams. Some come true, and others remain on a list. My dream to develop AquaMarina as a team to run marine conservation action based in science in my country, Argentina, followed the typical process from a wish to a challenge. Established in 1998 as a non-profit organization, its mission has [...]

I am from Argentina.  I am a member of the AquaMarina team, a group of biologists, students and fishermen working together on different projects in marine biology. In 2005, some members of the SDRP went to Argentina to help us with our Radio Tracking Franciscana Dolphin Project. It was a challenge for all, because it [...]