Report of the Working Group on Population Parameters and Demography of Tursiops truncatus in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean

The information herein presented were compiled from six scientific articles, one undergraduate monographs, four master and three doctoral thesis and six working papers presented during the “I South American Meeting of Research and Conservation of Tursiops truncatus”, which was held in Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil between May 21-23, 2010. Some personal communications complement the information. Each topic discussed in the present report followed the geographical sub-divisions established in the Report of the Working Group on Distribution (this volume): a) Northern Brazil; b) North-eastern Brazil; c) South-eastern Brazil; d) Southern Brazil and Uruguay and e) Argentina.