The ecological risk assessment of the Chinese white dolphins in Xiamen coastal waters

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 298-304

  Guo, Xianhua ^a,b   Cui, Shenghui ^a   Lin, Tao ^a   Song, Yu ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Driver pressure state impact response; Marine animal; Marine protected area

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SOUSA CHINENSIS;

EID: 80052535630     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634988.2011.598111     Document Type: Article

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