Cienciometria e análise de conteúdo da bibliografia disponível sobre os botos (Inia spp.) presentes na bacia Tocantins-Araguaia

Abstract

The genus Inia is one of the endemic genera of river dolphins in South America, popularly known as ‘boto-vermelho’, ‘boto-rosa’ and ‘boto’. The dolphins have been suffering several threats from anthropic actions, and many of them are irreversible as the fragmentation of their populations, by the construction of hydroelectric dams and the imminent threat of a reduction in the number of individuals, caused by several factors that we will address throughout this work. Researchers have dedicated considerable efforts to researching this genus aiming at managing the species and applying conservation measures, especially Inia araguaiaensis. Thus, in this study, scientometrics was used to survey and systematize the information available in the literature about the dolphin species and the advances in knowledge about the Inia genus, to help in the proposition of conservation measures and in the design of future studies. The results showed us increasing numbers of publications in the last decade with the coverage of the theme of the studies aimed at population parameters and the locations of the studies almost in its majority coinciding with the presence of hydroeletric power plants.