| I. TABLE
OF CONTENTS (PDF Format) |
| II. SUMMARY
(PDF Format) |
| III.
RESUME (PDF Format) |
| IV. INTRODUCTION
(PDF Format) |
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| V. ENTIRE
WAFCET - 2 REPORT (PDF Format) |
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| VI. TABLES (PDF Format) |
Table 1. Geographic
coordinates of localities in The Gambia
and Senegal relevant to this study.
Source: Official standard names gazetteer
(US Board on Geographic Names) and GPS readings
by authors. |
Table 3. Specimens
(n= 41) at COREWAM Cetacean Reference Collection
(CRC), Dakar : cranium/calvaria (C), postcranials
(PC), tissue for genetic analysis (T) and
photos.
Collectors are Abdoulaye Djiba (AD), Edouard
Ndiaye (END), Koen Van Waerebeek (KVW),
Bokk Xalaat members (BX), COREWAM member
Condition codes (CO) follow Geraci and Lounsbury
(1993). |
| Table 4. Confirmed
sightings (n= 10) of Atlantic hump-backed
dolphins Sousa teuszii in Saloum delta waters,
1999-2000. Observers are either authors
or park rangers of the Parc National du
Saloum, Senegal. Abbreviation: not available
(na). Best estimate and (minimum - maximum)
group size estimates are given. |
| Table 5- 6. Cranial
measurements (in mm and % condylobasal length,
CBL) and meristics of five skulls of Atlantic
humpback dolphin S. teuszii from Mauritania.
Collected and measured by A. Samba Ould
Bilal, Parc National du Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania.
Abbreviations of cranial parameters are
explained in the text (see General Methodology). |
| Table 7. Cetacean
specimens (n=22) at the Gambian Cetacean
Reference Collection, Educational Centre
of Kiang West National Park, Department
of Parks and Wildlife Management. Collectors
include: A. Jallow (AJ), P.F.Murphy (PFM),
K. Van Waerebeek (KVW), A. Cham (AC). Specimen
condition codes (1-5) follow Geraci &
Lounsbury (1993). Abbreviations: skull (S),
calvaria (C), postcranials (PC), tissue
sample (T) for molecular genetics in 20%
DMSO saline solution . |
Table 8. Confirmed
specimen records of Sousa teuszii in period
1892-2002, arranged in chronological order
within range state. Condition codes in parentheses
(Material encountered Parc National du Banc
d'Arguin, Mauritania (PNBA); Musee d'Histoire
Naturelle de La Rochelle, France (MHNLR);
Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noir (IFAN);
British Museum of Natural History ( BMNH
Conservation and Research of West African
Aquatic Mammals' (Corewam); Department of
Parks and Wildlife Management (DPWM), Abuko,
The Gambia; American Museum of Natural History
(AMNH
Specimen condition codes (1-5) defined in
text. |
| Table 9 .
Atlantic hump-backed dolphins and bottlenose
dolphins sighted opportunistically in Guinea-Bissau
from 10 Oct -13 Dec 1992 during water-bird
research. Source: unpublished data, B. Spaans
(in Wolff, 1993). |
| Table 10. External
body measurements, in cm and % of SL, for
two Atlantic humpback dolphins landed at
Joal, Senegal, in 1955 and 1958. Measurements
taken axially.
Source: Cadenat (1956, 1959). Note that
the long distance from midpoint genital
slit to anus for the 191cm specimen suggests it
to be a male rather than a female. |
