Distribution patterns of Yangtze finless porpoises in the Yangtze River: Implications for reserve management

Animal Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 509-518

  Zhao, X ^a,b   Wang, D ^a   Turvey, S T ^c   Taylor, B ^d   Akamatsu, T ^e,f  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b China Three Gorges Corporation   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^f JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic survey; Encounter rate; Finless porpoise; Habitat preferences; Line transect sampling; Moving average; Reserve design

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; HABITAT SELECTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PORPOISE; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

CETACEA; NEOPHOCAENA; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 84886240573     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acv.12019     Document Type: Article

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