“…The coastal habits of Guiana dolphins allow direct and indirect interactions with human populations, posing a threat to their conservation. Incidental captures in fishing gears reported along their entire distribution, diseases, ship traffic, sound pollution, and chemical pollution by traceelements, organic matter, and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) may be driving the decline in Guiana dolphin populations in areas highly impacted by anthropogenic activities (Azevedo et al, 2017;Meirelles et al, 2022).…”