Line transect estimates of Irrawaddy dolphin abundance along the eastern Gulf Coast of Thailand.

Line transect estimates of Irrawaddy dolphin abundance along the eastern Gulf Coast of Thailand.

Effective conservation of coastal marine mammals is largely dependent on reliable knowledge of their abundance, as well as the ecological and human factors driving their distribution. In developing countries, lack of resources and capacity frequently impedes research needed to estimate abundance an...

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Main Authors: Ellen eHines, Samantha eStrindberg, Chalatip eJunchompoo, Lousa Shobhini Ponnampalam, Anoukchika D. Ilangakoon, Justine eJackson-Ricketts, Somchai eMananunsap
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
distance sampling
Orcaella brevirostris
line transects
Irrawaddy dolphins
eastern Gulf of Thailand
coastal dolphin abundance
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmars.2015.00063/full

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