Recommendations for the conservation and management of humpback dolphins Sousa chinensis in the Algoa Bay region, South Africa

Koedoe

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-129

  Karczmarski, L ^a   Cockcroft, V G ^a   Mclaciilan, A ^a   Winter, P E D ^a  

^a PORT ELIZABETH MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Algoa Bay; Conservation and management; Ecology; Ecotourism; Humpback dolphin; Natural history; Sousa chinensis; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DOLPHIN; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ALGOA BAY; EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; SOUSA CHINENSIS;

EID: 0032464430     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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