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The table below includes details of over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and reports focusing on Atlantic humpback dolphins. Use the options below to search these references by author, year, category or keyword (unfortunately currently only available in English). Use the keyword filter to search for countries of interest by typing in the (English) country name. Most of these journal articles are protected by copyright and cannot be shared directly on this site. However if you click on an article of interest, you will find a link to the publisher’s website where the full article is available. For older journal articles, or for additional help sourcing articles, please email us.

Author	Year	Category	Keyword
Alfaro-Shigueto, J. and Van Waerebeek, K.	2001	Drowning in the sea of silence: the bushmeat concept applied for marine fauna	Bushmeat Atlantic humpback dolphin sousa teuszii cetaceans
Ayissi, I., Hoinsoude, G. and Van Waerebeek, K.	2014	Rediscovery of Cameroon dolphin, the Gulf of Guinea population of Sousa teuszii (Kükenthal, 1892)	Sousa teuszii atlantic humpback dolphin Gulf of Guinea Cameroon Skull distribution
Bamy, IL, Van Waerebeek, K, Bah, SS, Dia, M, Kaba, B, Keita, N and Konate, S	2010	Species occurrence of cetaceans in Guinea, including humpback whales with southern hemisphere seasonality	Gulf of Guinea Humpback dolphin Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae Sousa spp. bycatch stranding mortality Guinea
Bamy, I.L., Van Waerebeek, K., Bah, S.S., Dia, M., Kaba, B., Keita, N., Konate, S. and Tall, H.	2006	The cetaceans of Guinea, a first check-list of documented species	Sousa teuszii Atlantic humpback dolphin Guinea Cetacean distribution Bycatch
Beaubrun, P. C.	1990	Un Cétacé nouveau pour les côtes sud-marocaines: Sousa teuszii (Kukenthal, 1892)	Sousa teuszii distribution Western Sahara West Africa Atlantic humpback dolphin Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Best, P. B.	2007	Whales and Dolphins of the Southern African Subregion	Reveiw distribution Sousa teuszii Africa Identification Guide
Brownell Jr, R. L., Reeves, R. R., Read, A. J., Smith, B. D., Thomas, P. O., Ralls, K., Amano, M., Berggren, P., Chit, A. M., Collins, T., Currey, R., Dolar, M. L. L., Genov, T., Hobbs, R. C., Kreb, D., Marsh, H., Zhigang, M., Perrin, W. F., Phay, S., Rojas-Bracho, L., Ryan, G. E., Shelden, K. E. W., Slooten, E., Taylor, B. L., Vidal, O., Ding, W., Whitty, T. S. and Wang, J. Y.	2019	Bycatch in gillnet fisheries threatens Critically Endangered small cetaceans and other aquatic megafauna	Bycatch Threat assessment IUCN Red List conservation status gillnet Entanglement Irrawaddy dolphin orcaella brevirostris vaquita Phocoena sinus maui dolphin cephalorhynchus hectori maui Sousa chinensis Sousa teuszii humpback dolphin sousa plumbea finless porpoise neophocaena phocaenoides extinction
Busnel, R.	1973	Relation symbiotique entre hommes et dauphins sauvages	sousa teuszii anthropogenic atlantic humpback dolphin Mauritania
Busnel, R. G.	1973	Symbiotic relationship between man and dolphins	atlantic humpback dolphin sousa teuszii mauritania West Africa fisheries
Cadenat, J.	1947	Observations de cetaces au Senegal	Senegal sousa teuszii atlantic humpback dolphin distribution
Cadenat, J.	1949	Notes sur les cétacés observés sur les cötes du Sénégal de 1941 à 1948	West Africa Senegal Sousa teuszii Atlantic humpback dolphin distribution
Cadenat, J.	1956	Un delphinidae encore mal connu de la côte occidentale d’Afrique: Sotalia teuszii Kükenthal 1892	sousa teuszii Taxonomy Atlantic humpback dolphin Senegal
Cadenat, J.	1957	Observations de cétacés, siréniens, chéloniens et sauriens en 1955-1956	West Africa Sea turtle Shark Tursiops truncatus bottlenose dolphin Common dolphin Delphinus delphis Sousa teuszii Atlantic humpback dolphin Senegal
Cadenat, J.	1959	Rapport sur les petits cétacés ouest-Africains. Résultats des recherches entreprises sur ces animaux jusqu’au mois de mars 1959	West Africa Stranding delphinus delphis Common dolphin Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis Stenella attenuata Pantropical spotted dolphin Sousa teuszii Atlantic humpback dolphin Grampus griseus Risso' s dolphin Fisheries Interactions Bycatch feeding reproduction
Cadenat, J. and Paraiso, F.	1957	Nouvelle observation de Sotalia teuszii (Cétacé, Delphinidé) sur les côtes du Sénégal	West Africa Senegal Taxonomy sousa teuszii Atlantic humpback dolphin morphology description
Cherbit, G. and Alcuri, G.	1978	Etude de la propogation des vibrations a travers le rostre de Sotalia teuszii (Cetacea) pa interferometrie holographique	Sousa teuszii Atlantic humpback dolphin osteology physiology hearing
CMS, Convention on Migratory species	2012	Conserving cetaceans and manatees in the western African region	Sousa teuszii Atlantic humpback dolphin Central Africa West Africa conservation management
Cockcroft, V. G., Leatherwood, S., Goodwin, J. and Porter, L. J.	1997	The phylogeny of humpback dolphins genus Sousa: insights through mtDNA analyses	Sousa chinensis IndoPacific humpback dolphin Sousa plumbea Sousa teuszii Atlantic humpback dolphin Genetics Taxonomy Diversity
Cockcroft, V. G. and Smith-Goodwin, J.	2002	The phylogeny of humpback dolphins genus Sousa	Sousa chinensis IndoPacific humpback dolphin Sousa teuszii Atlantic humpback dolphin Taxonomy Genetics management sousa plumbea
Collins, Tim	2015	Re-assessment of the conservation status of the Atlantic humpback dolphin, Sousa teuszii (Kükenthal, 1892), using the IUCN Red List criteria	Africa Atlantic Ocean Coastal Ecology Group size Marine ecoregion Nearshore Sea surface temperature Water depth Gabon congo Sousa Sousa teuszii Conservation status
Collins, T., Boumba, Richard, Thonio, J., Parnell, R., VanLeeuwe, Hilde, Ngouessono, S and Rosenbaum, H.	2010	The Atlantic humpback dolphin (Sousa teuszii) in Gabon and Congo: cause for optimism or concern?	Gabon Congo sousa teuszii humpback dolphin Atlantic humpback dolphin conservation bycatch Threat assessment
Collins, T, Braulik, G. T. and Perrin, W.	2017	Sousa teuszii	Sousa teuszii Atlantic humpback dolphin Humpback dolphin West Africa conservation status Bycatch Threat assessment
Collins, T., Ngouessono, S. and Rosenbaum, H. C.	2004	A note on recent surveys for Atlantic humpback dolphins, Sousa teuszii (Kukenthal, 1892) in the coastal waters of Gabon	Sousa teuszii Atlantic humpback dolphin Gabon Survey
Collins, T., Strindberg, S, Mboumba, R., Dilambaka, E., Thonio, J., Mouissou, C., Boukaka, R., Saffou, G.K., Buckland, L., Leeney, R.H., Antunes, R. and Rosenbaum, H.	2013	Progress on Atlantic humpback dolphin conservation and research efforts in Congo and Gabon	atlantic humpback dolphin congo sousa teuszii conservation Shore survey abundance line transect
de Boer, Marijke N., Saulino, James T., Van Waerebeek, Koen and Aarts, Geert	2016	Under pressure: cetaceans and fisheries co-occurrence off the coasts of Ghana and Côte d’ Ivoire (Gulf of Guinea)	fisheries Threats Management bycatch Directed take seismic mortality cetaceans Gulf of Guinea Driftnet fishing Gill net Entanglement population trends Impact

Downloadable Resources

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