A note on the species occurrence, distributional ecology and fisheries interactions of cetaceans in the Mergui (Myeik) Archiopelago, Myanmar

Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-44

  Smith, Brian D ^a   Tun, Mya Than ^b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b Department of Fisheries   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Asia; Bryde's whale; Conservation; Direct capture; Distribution; Finless porpoise; Fisheries; Gillnets; Habitat; Incidental catches; Indo Pacific bottlenose dolphin; Indo Pacific humpback dolphin; Irrawaddy dolphin; Northern Hemisphere; Pantropical spotted dolphin; Spinner dolphin; Survey vessel; Trawls

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; DOLPHIN; HABITAT USE; MARINE PARK; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WHALE;

ASIA; EURASIA; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

BALAENOPTERA; CEPHALOPODA; CETACEA; MYSTICETI; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES; ORCAELLA BREVIROSTRIS; PHOCOENIDAE; SOUSA CHINENSIS; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA ATTENUATA; STENELLA LONGIROSTRIS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS; UNIDENTIFIED DELPHINIDAE;

EID: 58649112177     PISSN: 15610713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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