Conservation status of New Zealand marine mammals (suborders Cetacea and Pinnipedia), 2009

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-115

  Bakera, C S ^a,b   Chilversc, B L ^c   Constantinea, R ^a   DuFresned, S ^d   Mattline, R H ^e   Van Heldenf, A ^f   Hitchmoughc, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e Marine Wildlife Research Ltd   (New Zealand)

^f MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Conservation status; New Zealand; Pinniped; Threatened marine mammals

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; DOLPHIN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; PINNIPED; RESEARCH WORK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

NEW ZEALAND;

CEPHALORHYNCHUS HECTORI; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; OTARIIDAE; PHOCARCTOS HOOKERI; PINNIPEDIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 79952680110     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2010.482970     Document Type: Article

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