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Fig. 12.13 Marine mammal specialist and veterinarian Lissette Trejos-Lasso working on a recent
stranding of 60 rough-toothed dolphins in the Pacific coast of Panama. Using limited resources
Lissette and her support team spent hours rescuing the healthy looking animals and necropsying
the deceased
Fig. 12.14 Underwater acoustic recorders used to monitor the acoustic habitat of Cano and
Murcielago Island in Costa Rica, both locations are protected areas used by humpback whales and
dolphins. The last photograph shows spotted dolphin whistles recorder at 2 a.m. The project is
funded and coordinated by Conservation International Costa Rica, and lead by Dr. May-Collado
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Fig. 12.13 Marine mammal specialist and veterinarian Lissette Trejos-Lasso working on a recent
stranding of 60 rough-toothed dolphins in the Pacific coast of Panama. Using limited resources
Lissette and her support team spent hours rescuing the healthy looking animals and necropsying
the deceased
Fig. 12.14 Underwater acoustic recorders used to monitor the acoustic habitat of Cano and
Murcielago Island in Costa Rica, both locations are protected areas used by humpback whales and
dolphins. The last photograph shows spotted dolphin whistles recorder at 2 a.m. The project is
funded and coordinated by Conservation International Costa Rica, and lead by Dr. May-Collado
12 Ecology and Conservation of Cetaceans of Costa Rica and Panama