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Cranial variation between coastal and offshore boưlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus (Cetacea: Delphinidae) in Ecuador and the Mediterranean: a three-dimensional geometric morphometric study

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  • 1. Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS, ul. Wilcza 64, 00-679 Warszawa, Poland
  • 2. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), Ave 12 de Octubre 1076, 170143 ºuito, Ecuador & Museo de Ballenas, Av. General Enríquez Gallo, entre calles 47 y 50, Salinas, Ecuador
  • 3. Museo de Ballenas, Av. General Enríquez Gallo, entre calles 47 y 50, Salinas, Ecuador
  • 4. Federal University of Santa Catarina, R. Eng. Agronômico Andrei Cristian Ferreira, s/n - Trindade, 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
  • 5. Federal University of Santa Catarina, R. Eng. Agronômico Andrei Cristian Ferreira, s/n - Trindade, 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil & Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, University of Miami, 1365 Memorial Drive, 33146, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
  • 6. Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, CP51, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France
  • 7. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, UMR CNRS 5202, 55 rue Buffon, 75000 Paris, France
  • 8. Museum of Natural History of Milan, corso Venezia 55, 20121 Milan, Italy
  • 9. Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 'Giacomo Doria', Via Brigata Liguria 9, I-16121 Genova, Italy

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Dromby, Morgane, Félix, Fernando, Haase, Ben, Simões-Lopes, Paulo C., Costa, Ana P.B., Lalis, Aude, Bens, Celine, Podestà, Michela, Doria, Giuliano, Moura, Andre E. (2023): Cranial variation between coastal and offshore boưlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus (Cetacea: Delphinidae) in Ecuador and the Mediterranean: a three-dimensional geometric morphometric study. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 199 (1): 83-96, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad022, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad022

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