Protecting small cetaceans from coastal development: Impact assessment and mitigation experience in Hong Kong

Marine Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 305-311

  Jefferson, Thomas A ^a   Hung, Samuel K ^b   Würsig, Bernd ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society   (Hong Kong)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Dolphin; EIA; Infrastructure; Management; Porpoise

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; MARINE POLICY; MITIGATION;

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

CETACEA; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES; PHOCOENIDAE; SOUSA CHINENSIS;

EID: 57049158674     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2008.07.011     Document Type: Article

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