Species occurrence and distributional ecology of nearshore cetaceans in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh, with abundance estimates for Irrawaddy dolphins Orcaella brevirostris and finless porpoises Neophocaena phocaenoides

Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-58

  Smith, Brian D ^a   Ahmed, Benazir ^b   Mowgli, Rubaiyat Mansur ^c   Strindberg, Samantha ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

^c Bangladesh Cetacean Diversity Project   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Abundance estimate; Bryde's whale; Conservation; Distribution; Finless porpoise; Fisheries; Gillnets; Habitat; Incidental catches; Indian Ocean; Indo Pacific bottlenose dolphin; Indo Pacific humpback dolphin; Irrawaddy dolphin; Northern Hemisphere; Pantropical spotted dolphin; Spinner dolphin; Statistics; Survey vessel; Trawls

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GILLNET; HABITAT USE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SUBMARINE CANYON; TAXONOMY;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

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

EID: 58649114305     PISSN: 15610713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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