Cetacean captures, strandings & mortalities in South Australia 1881-2000, with special reference to human interactions

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-47

  Kemper, C M ^a   Flaherty, A ^b   Gibbs, S E ^a   Hill, M ^c   Long, M ^a   Byard, R W ^d  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Somerton Park Veterinary Clinic   (Australia)

^d FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Disease; Dolphins; Incidental capture; Intentional killing; Necropsy; South Australia; Stranding; Whales

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547564185     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/am05037     Document Type: Review

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