Site-Specific Assessments of the Abundance of Three Inshore Dolphin Species to Inform Conservation and Management

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  • Alexander M. Brown
  • Lars Bejder
  • Kenneth H. Pollock
  • Simon J. Allen
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1 Cetacean Research Unit, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia, 2 The Western Australian Marine Science Institution, Perth, WA, Australia, 3 Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, 4 Centre for Marine Futures, Oceans Institute and School of Animal Biology, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia

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تاریخ انتشار 2016