Community interviews on the status of the dugong (Dugong dugon) in the Gulf of Mannar (India and Sri Lanka)

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 704-710

  Ilangakoon, Anoukchika D ^a   Sutaria, Dipani ^b   Hines, Ellen ^c   Raghavan, Roopali ^d  

^a Cetacean Specialist Group of IUCN Species Survival Commission   (Sri Lanka)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MARINE MAMMAL; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RED LIST; SEAGRASS;

GULF OF MANNAR; INDIAN OCEAN;

DUGONG DUGON;

EID: 47649122736     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00209.x     Document Type: Article

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