Mapping cumulative impacts on Hong Kong's pink dolphin population

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 109, Issue , 2015, Pages 51-63

  Marcotte, Danielle ^a   Hung, Samuel K ^b   Caquard, Sébastien ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cumulative effects assessment; Cumulative impacts; Geographic Information Systems; Hong Kong; Indo Pacific humpback dolphin

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; MAPPING; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

CUMULATIVE EFFECTS ASSESSMENTS; CUMULATIVE IMPACTS; HONG-KONG; HUMAN IMPACT; HUMAN PRESSURES; HUMPBACK DOLPHINS; LOCAL ACTIVITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES);

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DOLPHIN; GIS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WHALE;

BROTHERS ISLAND; CHINA; HONG KONG; LANTAU ISLAND; MARLBOROUGH; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

CETACEA; SOUSA CHINENSIS;

EID: 84923923611     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.02.002     Document Type: Article

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