An introduction to river dolphin species

Biology, Evolution and Conservation of River Dolphins within South America and Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-28

  Shostell, Joseph Mark ^a   Ruiz García, Manuel ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Inia boliviensis; Inia geoffrensis; Lipotes vexilliter; Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis; Orcaella brevirostris; Platanista gang tica; Pontoporia blainvillei; Sotalia fluviatilis; Sotalia guianensis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870310054     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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