Status assessment of the Indus River dolphin, Platanista gangetica minor, March-April 2001

Biological Conservation

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 579-590

  Braulik, Gillian T ^a,b  

^a WWF Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^b Downstream Research Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Indus River dolphin; Irrigation; Platanista; Status; Subpopulation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; DOLPHIN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROUP SIZE; RANGE SIZE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDUS RIVER;

PLATANISTA; PLATANISTA GANGETICA; PLATANISTA GANGETICA MINOR; PLATANISTA MINOR;

EID: 33644912575     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.11.026     Document Type: Article

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