MIGUEL N. COUCHINHO
Graduate student

E-mail: miguel.nc@netcabo.pt
Phone: + 351 96 630 60 25

:: Research interests

- Conservation of the Sado estuary bottlenose dolphins resident population
- The use of GIS and T-PODs to determine the use of space by small cetaceans
- The behaviour and acoustic ecology of dolphins in the wild

:: Current research projects

I am presently working on my Master’s project: “Study of the bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) movements in the Sado estuary using a passive acoustic detection system”

:: Publications

- dos Santos, M.E., Louro, S., Couchinho, M. & Brito, C. (2005). Whistles of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Sado Estuary, Portugal: characteristics, production rates and long-term contour stability. Aquatic Mammals, 31: 453-462.