The status of the Irrawaddy dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris, in Songkhla Lake, Southern Thailand

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 10, 2002, Pages 75-83

  Beasley, Isabel ^a   Chooruk, Somserm ^a   Piwpong, Nitikorn ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Conservation; Distribution; Irrawaddy Dolphin; Orcaella brevirostris; Songkhla Lake; Strandings; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ORCAELLA BREVIROSTRIS;

EID: 0036587855     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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