Galápagos ballenas y delfines, Whales and Dolphins

Autores/as

Jackie Álvarez Calero
Judith Denkinger
Valentina Gachet Carrillo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18272/USFQPRESS.m93

Palabras clave:

Galápagos, ballenas, delfines, whales, dolphins, Ecuador, naturaleza, guía

Sinopsis

Esta guía profusamente ilustrada presenta información sobre las 26 especies de cetáceos residentes y transeúntes de las islas Galápagos. La experiencia de las autoras suma cientos de horas estudiando a estas increíbles ballenas y delfines que habitan en el ecosistema oceánico galapagueño, único en el mundo. Esta guía busca ayudar en la identificación de las ballenas y delfines de la Reserva Marina de Galápagos, una de las más grandes y biodiversas del mundo, fomentando la ciencia participativa y la conciencia sobre la importancia de proteger estos maravillosos mamíferos marinos.

Capítulos

  • Adaptaciones para vivir en el agua
    Adaptations to living in water
  • Alimentación
    Feeding
  • Hábitat y distribución
    Habitat and distribution
  • Sentidos
    Senses
  • Ecolocación
    Echolocation
  • Comportamiento
    Social behavior
  • ¿Cómo usar esta guía?
    How to use this guide?
  • Avistamiento de cetáceos en las Galápagos
    Whale Watching in Galapagos
  • Partes de la ficha
    Parts of the file
  • Mapa de las islas Galápagos
    Map of the Galapagos Islands
  • Tamaños de especies comunes
    Common species sizes
  • Ballena Minke / Minke Whale
    Balaenoptera acutorostrata
  • Ballena Tropical o Ballena de Bryde / Bryde’s Whale
    Balaenoptera edeni
  • Ballena Azul / Blue Whale
    Balaenoptera musculus
  • Ballena de Aleta / Fin Whale
    Balaenoptera physalus
  • Ballena Sei / Sei Whale
    Balaenoptera borealis
  • Ballena Jorobada / Humpback Whale
    Megaptera novaeangliae
  • Cachalote / Sperm Whale
    Physeter macrocephalus
  • Delfín Común / Common Dolphin
    Delphinus delphis
  • Delfín de Risso / Risso’s Dolphin
    Grampus griseus
  • Delfín Nariz de Botella / Bottlenose Dolphin
    Tursiops truncatus
  • Orca / Orca
    Orcinus orca
  • Calderón de Aleta Corta y Larga / Short and Long Finned Pilot Whale
    Globicephala melas/macrorhynchus
  • Orca Pigmea / Pygmy Orca
    Feresa attenuata
  • Falsa Orca / False Orca
    Pseudorca crassidens
  • Tamaños de especies poco comunes
    Rare species sizes
  • Zifio de Longman / Longman’s Beaked Whale
    Indopacetus pacificus
  • Cachalote Enano / Dwarf Sperm Whale
    Kogia sima
  • Zifio de Cuvier / Cuvier’s Beaked Whale
    Ziphius cavirostris
  • Zifio de Blainville / Blainville’s Beaked Whale
    Mesoplodon densirostris
  • Zifio de Ginko, Zifio Japonés / Ginkgo Toothed Whale
    Mesoplodon ginkgodens
  • Ballena Picuda Peruana / Lesser Beaked Whale
    Mesoplodon peruvianus
  • Delfín Cabeza de Melón / Melon Headed Dolphin
    Peponocephala electra
  • Delfín de Fraser / Fraser’s Dolphin
    Lagenodelphis hosei
  • Delfín Moteado Pantropical / Pantropical Spotted Dolphin
    Stenella attenuata
  • Delfín Listado / Striped Dolphin
    Stenella coeruleoalba
  • Delfín Girador / Spinner Dolphin
    Stenella longirostris
  • Delfín de Dientes Rugosos / Rough-Toothed Dolphin
    Steno bredanensis
  • Buenas prácticas para avistamiento de ballenas y delfines
    Good whale and dolphin watching practices

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