Caroline Randi

Universidade Federal de São Paulo | UNIFESP

Emerging evidence have been supporting the idea that the better known South Atlantic coral reefs (located between 18°S and 24°S) are now essentially senescent structures that have experienced little or no additional vertical reef growth over the past millennia. This has often coincided with a shift to a dominance of non-coral calcifying organisms b...

Stenella clymene is an endemic species of dolphin living in tropical regions in the Atlantic Ocean. Despite its wide distribution, there is still scarce information on Stenella clymene, including its reproductive biology. In this context, this work describes the morphology of the whole male reproductive tract of the Clymene dolphin. Seven males (N...

Pontoporia blainvillei or Franciscana is a small cetacean endemic of South Atlantic Ocean and its highlighted as the most endangered species. Despite the necessity to development conservation strategies for Pontoporia blainvillei studies aiming to feature the reproductive biology and morphological characteristics of the genital organs are still sca...