Population distribution, connectivity and differentiation of Indo‐Pacific humpback dolphins in Chinese waters: Key baselines for improving conservation management

M Liu, M Lin, S Li - Aquatic Conservation: Marine and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Humpback dolphins (Sousa spp.), throughout their distribution ranges, are often
designated as flagship species for coastal ecosystem conservation. Most of the early …

Research advances on the ecology of Sousa chinensis

L Yong, Y Zhang, L Zhao, Q Zeng, L Lin… - Biodiversity …, 2023 - biodiversity-science.net
Background & Aims: The Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) has been listed
as the Grade 1 National Key Protected Animal in China. As the top predator of the inshore …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the potential use of environmental DNA for multifaceted genetic monitoring of cetaceans: Example of a wandering whale in a highly disturbed bay …

S Zhang, Y Cao, B Chen, P Jiang, L Fang, H Li… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling of water is a powerful method for comprehensive and
noninvasive monitoring of aquatic animal species. However, there have been few reports of …

Population parameters and heterogeneity in survival rates of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins in a heavily urbanized coastal region of southeast China: implications for …

W Lin, L Karczmarski, SCY Chan, R Zheng… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The Pearl River Delta (PRD) region on the southeast coast of China is among the largest
and most populated metropolitan regions of the world, subjecting the Indo-Pacific humpback …

Habitat decline of the largest known Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) population in poorly protected areas associated with the hypoxic zone

L Guo, D Luo, RQ Yu, C Zeng, N Huang… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Reserve planning based on the investigation of the core habitat distribution of wild
cetaceans is a powerful conservation strategy for protecting target species. However, studies …

An unknown component of a well-known population: socio-demographic parameters of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) at the western reaches of …

SCY Chan, L Karczmarski, W Lin, R Zheng, YW Ho… - Mammalian …, 2022 - Springer
Quantifying demographic parameters and patterns of social dynamics is fundamental to
understanding the population ecology of group-living animals and carries considerable …

Diet Shifts Explain Temporal Trends of Pollutant Levels in Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins (Sousa chinensis) from the Pearl River Estuary, China

X Ning, D Gui, X He, Y Wu - Environmental Science & Technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
We examined spatiotemporal trends of diet compositions and their relationship with pollutant
accumulation levels in 46 weaning Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (n= 46) from 2004 to …

Use of passive acoustic monitoring to document the distribution of the Indo‐Pacific finless porpoise in the south‐east region of Pearl River estuary, China: Implications …

L Fang, X Wang, M Li, Y Chen… - Aquatic Conservation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Pearl River estuary in Guangdong is home to the Indo‐Pacific humpback
dolphin (Sousa chinensis) and the Indo‐Pacific finless porpoise (Neophocaena …

Using local ecological knowledge to inform regional conservation prioritization for threatened marine megafauna

M Lin, M Liu, H Ma, ST Turvey, S Li - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to high costs and time constraints, it can be difficult for traditional field-based methods to
acquire sufficient data to identify priority species or areas in marine conservation planning …

Responses of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) to construction of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge

Z Huang, L Fang, H Wen, K Zhang, X Wang… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The location of offshore and coastal marine engineering projects often shows considerable
overlap with the foraging and breeding grounds of marine mammals. Lingding Bay, located …