Abundance, distribution and conservation of Chinese White Dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in Xiamen, China

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 156-164

  Chen, Bingyao ^a   Zheng, Dongmei ^b   Zhai, Feifei ^a   Xu, X ^a   Sun, P ^a   Wang, Q ^a   Yang, G ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abundance; Conservation; Distribution; Sousa chinensis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; CONSERVATION STATUS; DOLPHIN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUJIAN; XIAMEN NATURE RESERVE;

SOUSA CHINENSIS;

EID: 39049157706     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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