Influence of vessel traffic on movements of indo-pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) off Lantau Island, Hong Kong

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 325-331

  Piwetz, Sarah ^a   Hung, Samuel ^b   Wang, John ^c,d   Lundquist, David ^e   Würsig, Bernd ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^b Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society   (Hong Kong)

^c FormosaCetus Research and Conservation Group   (Canada)

^d TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOUSA CHINENSIS;

EID: 84869767478     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.38.3.2012.325     Document Type: Note

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