Cetacean occurrence and distribution around the bar reef marine sanctuary, North-West Sri Lanka

Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 149-154

  Ilangakoon, A D ^a  

^a Cetacean Specialist Group of IUCN   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Bar reef marine sanctuary; Cetacean hotspot; Cetaceans; Sousa cbinensis; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954114453     PISSN: 13914588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4038/jnsfsr.v34i3.3646     Document Type: Article

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