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Project staffthe principal investigator and another researcher from the projeto atlantis staff will always be in the field with volunteers. Please bear in mind that varietydepends on availability. You will assist us in our ongoing study of the ecology, population dynamics, social structure andconservation of one of the lesser-known cetaceans, the tucuxi dolphin. There are no formal toilet facilities, but volunteers can dunk in the water or go over the edge to relieve themselves.

" Words such as"working/volunteering," "research" or a "scientific expedition" can raise questions concerningthe country's foreign labor laws and/or prompt questions about official scientific researchpermits and credentials, etc.

An index of zero indicates the two surveyed dolphins were never seen together. You will be accommodated in a comfortable house by the beach in north bay, located close todowntown florian�polis. The riverine tucuxi is very common in thesolim�es river and its tributaries as well as in the mamirau area (brazil), in the tarapoto river aswell as caballococha and el correo lakes system (colombia), and near iquitos (peru), to givesome examples.



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Whistles will primarily be analyzed. The winter (june, july and august) is a little bit cold, with temperatures ranging from 10 to 20�c (50�f to 68�f). Individual/group focal-follow surveys will be conducted to get information on daily movements, group size and composition and behavioural activities. For their own safety, teammembers should be reasonably proficient in swimming.

Depending on volunteers' willingness, in summer and spring we might start boat work earlier (6am) to optimize efforts. We have already applied some models for closed populations with the data set gathered through august 2001 (results presented by acu�a 2002). Weather and work conditionscan affect the daily schedule. On the other hand, another individual can never appear followed by an offspring, suggesting that it is probably a male.

So bring insect repellent!Ba�a norte (north bay) is a bay with approximately 300 km (187 miles of shoreline) and is locatedon the central coast of santa catarina state, opposite to florian�polis. It is also possible to evaluate whether the whole population or specific individuals prefer certain specific sites within the surveyed area. Every day a small lecture will be coordinated to organize the next day's field work campaign.

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