Occurrence of whales and dolphins in Pakistan with reference to fishers' knowledge and impacts

Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 235-247

  Gore, M A ^a,b   Kiani, M S ^c   Ahmad, E ^d   Hussain, B ^d   Ormond, R F ^a   Siddiqui, J ^c   Waqas, U ^d   Culloch, R ^e  

^a Marine Conservation International   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^d WWF Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^e Save Our Seas Foundation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance estimate; Arabian sea; Blue whale; Bottlenose dolphin; Bryde's whale; Cetaceans; Common dolphin; Conservation; Cuvier's beaked whale; Finless porpoise; Fisheries interaction; Habitat; Humpback whale; Incidental catches; Indian ocean; Indo pacific humpback dolphin; Killer whale; Risso's dolphin; Sperm whale; Spinner dolphin; Survey shore based; Survey vessel

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BIODIVERSITY; DOLPHIN; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MARINE PARK; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKELETAL REMAINS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SUBSPECIES; WHALE;

PAKISTAN;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA EDENI; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA; DELPHINUS CAPENSIS; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; GRAMPUS GRISEUS; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES; ORCINUS ORCA; PHOCOENIDAE; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE; SOUSA CHINENSIS; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA LONGIROSTRIS; TURSIOPS; ZIPHIIDAE; ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS;

EID: 84872167705     PISSN: 15610713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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