SÓNIA LOURO


E-mail: inka@net.sapo.pt
Phone: + 351 21 8811700 (ext. 318)
Fax: + 351 21 8860954

:: Research interests

- The behaviour of dolphins and other aquatic mammals
- Underwater acoustic communication, echolocation and acoustic ecology of dolphins
- Life of the bottlenose dolphins resident in the Sado estuary
- The ecology of the Sado estuary and adjacent Atlantic waters

:: Current research projects

- Cetacean behaviour, communication and cognition
- Bioacoustics
- Wildlife conservation
- Environmental education
- Photography

:: 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.

:: Presentations at conferences

- dos Santos. M.E., Louro, S., Couchinho, M. & Brito, C. (2003). Quantitative analysis of the whistles produced by the bottlenose dolphins in the Sado estuary. Abstract in the 17 th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, pp 95.

- Brito, C., Lourenço, S., Picanço, C., Louro, S. & dos Santos, M.E. (2003). Pulsed sounds of the bottlenose dolphins in the Sado estuary. Abstract in the 17 th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, pp 82.

- Couchinho, M., Nunes, S., Freitas, A., Brito, C., Carvalho, I., Louro, S., Matias, S. & dos Santos, M.E. (2002). Conservation issues concerning bottlenose dolphins in an estuarine environment. Abstract for the 16th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society”.

- Brito, C., Couchinho, M., Louro, S. & dos Santos, M.E. (2001). Sound emission patterns of bottlenose dolphins: effects of activities and underwater visibility. Abstract for the 14 th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, pp 33.