Occurrence and conservation needs of cetaceans in and around the Bar Reef Marine Sanctuary, Sri Lanka

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Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 286-291

  Bröker, Koen Cornelis Arthur ^a   Ilangakoon, Anouk ^b  

^a EUROCONSULT   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Bar Reef Marine Sanctuary; Cetaceans; Marine mammals; Sousa chinensis; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CETACEAN; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; MARINE PARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ASIA; BAR REEF; EURASIA; NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE [SRI LANKA]; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA; KOGIA SIMUS; MAMMALIA; PEPONOCEPHALA ELECTRA; SOUSA CHINENSIS;

EID: 42149175498     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308006728     Document Type: Article

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