Episode 12 with Earthwatch scientist Dr. Lenin E. Oviedo Correa!
Resource List
- Oviedo Lenin. 2007. Dolphin sympatric ecology in a tropical fjord: habitat partitioning by bathymetry and topography as a strategy to coexist. Journal of the Marine Biological Association. U.K. 87: 1327–1335.
- Oviedo, Lenin et al. 2008. “The song of the southeast pacific humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) off Las Perlas Archipelago, Panama: preliminary characterization.” Aquatic Mammals. 34: 458-463
- Oviedo, Lenin and Mauricio Solis. 2008. “Underwater topography determines critical breeding habitat for humpback whales near Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica: implications for Marine Protected Areas.” Revista de Biología Tropical. 56(2): 591-602
- Márquez-Artavia, Amaru et al. 2012. “The utilization distribution of humpback whales in Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica.” IWC/SC/64/O15. Paper presented at the 64th International Whaling Commision Meeting in Panama, 2012.
Scientist Biography
Dr. Lenin E. Oviedo Correa
Research Associate & Associate Head of the Tropical Marine Mammals Ecology Lab, Centro de Investigación de Cetáceos Costa Rica (CEIC)
Dr. Lenin Enrique Oviedo Correa has 20 years of experience on marine biodiversity and habitat analyses projects in his home country of Venezuela, Costa Rica, and Africa. His research focuses on habitat assessments through the behavior and trophic and spatial ecology of small odontocetes (toothed whales, including dolphins). Through his research, he aims to determine the behavior ecology of dolphins that live in the same area in the tropics and encounter each other frequently, which includes the groups in Golfo Dulce. Lenin is currently a chief scientific advisor and research associate with Centro de Investigacion de Cetaceos de Costa Rica (CEIC).
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Featured Expedition
Marine Mammals and Predators in Costa Rica
Climb aboard a motorboat and sail a tropical “inner sea” in search of endangered dolphins and whales in Costa Rica.
North America: Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica
Lead Scientist: Lenin E. Oviedo Correa, Ph.D.
Duration: 9 days (avg. $272 a day)
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