A new abundance estimate for Maui's dolphin: What does it mean for managing this critically endangered species?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 576-581

  Slooten, Elisabeth ^a   Dawson, Stephen ^a   Rayment, William ^a   Childerhouse, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abundance; Fisheries bycatch; Gillnet; Hector's dolphin; Population survey

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BYCATCH; DOLPHIN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTIMATION METHOD; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

CEPHALORHYNCHUS HECTORI;

EID: 29944437316     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.10.013     Document Type: Article

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