An updated, annotated checklist of the marine mammals of Hong Kong

Mammalia

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 105-114

  Jefferson, Thomas A ^a   Hung, Samuel K ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cetacea; Distribution; Hong Kong SAR; Sirenia; Strandings

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOLPHIN; PORPOISE; SIRENIAN; SPECIES INVENTORY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; MAMMALIA; MYSTICETI; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES; ODONTOCETI; PHOCOENIDAE; SIRENIA; SOUSA CHINENSIS;

EID: 34948893378     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2007.021     Document Type: Review

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