Spatial genetic structure of dusky dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus, along the argentine coast: Preserve what scale?

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 173-183

  Loizaga de Castro, Rocio ^a   Dans, Silvana L ^a,b   Crespo, Enrique A ^a,b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Coastal dusky dolphins; Conservation evaluation; Landscape genetics; Marine mammals

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DOLPHIN; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MARINE MAMMAL; MORTALITY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TRAWLING; VULNERABILITY;

ARGENTINA;

CETACEA; LAGENORHYNCHUS OBSCURUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84955705866     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2552     Document Type: Article

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