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Biology, evolution, and conservation of river dolphins within South America and Asia

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Biology, evolution, and conservation of river dolphins within South America and Asia
2010, Nova Science Publishers
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Table of Contents

An introduction to river dolphin species / Joseph Mark Shostell and Manuel Ruiz-Garci a
Seasonal ecology of Inia in three river basins of South America (Orinoco, Amazon, and upper Madeira) / Tamara L. McGuire and Enzo Aliaga-Rossel
Conservation of the river dolphin (Inia boliviensis) in Bolivia / Enzo Aliaga-Rossel
Mobility of the axial regions in a captive Amazon River dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) / Timothy D. Smith and Anne M. Burrows
The application of equation models to determine the age of pink river dolphin skulls / Luisa Fernanda Castellanos-Mora, Fernando Trujillo and Manuel Ruiz-Garci a
Amazon River dolphin : high phylopatry due to restricted dispersion at large and short distances / Juliana A. Vianna ... [et al.]
Amazon River dolphin polymorphism and population differentiation of MHC class II peptides / Mari a Marti nez-Agu ero, Sergio Flores-Rami rez and Manuel Ruiz-Garci a
Micro-geographical genetic structure of Inia geoffrensis in the Napo-Curaray River Basin by means of Chesser's models / Manuel Ruiz-Garci a
Changes in the demographic trends of pink river dolphins (Inia) at the microgeographical level in Peruvian and Bolivian rivers and within the upper Amazon : microsatellites and mtDNA analyses and insights into Inia's origin / Manuel Ruiz-Garci a
Fossil record and the evolutionary history of Iniodea / M.A. Cozzuol
Fishery activity impact on the Sotalia populations from the Amazon mouth / Sandra Beltra n-Pedreros and Miguel Petrere
Dolphin-fishery interaction : cost-benefit, social-economic and cultural considerations / Sandra Beltra n-Pedreros and Ligia Amaral Filgueiras-Henriques
Ethnoecology of Sotalia guianensis (Gervais, 1853) in the Amazon Estuary / Sandra Beltra n-Pedreros, Miguel Petrere and Ligia Amaral Filgueiras-Henriques
Molecular ecology and systematics of Sotalia dolphins / H.A. Cunha, da Silva VMF and A.M. Sole -Cava
Population structure and phylogeography of Tucuxi dolphins (Sotalia fluviatilis / Susana Caballero ... [et al.]
Life history and ecology of franciscana, Pontoporia blainvillei (Cetacea, Pontoporiidae) / Eduardo R. Secchi
Review on the threats and conservation status of franciscana, Pontoporia blainvillei (Cetacea, Pontoporiidae) / Eduardo R. Secchi
Detection of Yangtze finless porpoises in the Poyang Lake mouth area via passive acoustic data-loggers / Songhai Li ... [et al.]
Population status and conservation of baiji and the Yangtze finless porpoise / Ding Wang and Xiujiang Zhao
Failure of the baiji recovery program : conservation lessons for other freshwater cetaceans / Samuel T. Turvey
High level of MHC polymorphism in the baiji and finless porpoise, with special reference to possible convergent adaptation to the freshwater Yangtze River / Shixia Xu ... [et al.]
Population status and conservation of the Ganges River dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica) in the Indian subcontinent / R.K. Sinha, Sunil Kumar Verma and Lalji Singh
The evolutionary history and phylogenetic relationships of the superfamily Platanistoidea / Lawrence G. Barnes, Toshiyuki Kimura and Stephen J. Godfrey.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Series
Wildlife protection, destruction and extinction, Wildlife protection, destruction and extinction series

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599.53/8
Library of Congress
QL737.C436 B56 2010eb

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[electronic resource] /
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1 online resource (xix, 504 p.) :
Number of pages
504

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OL25559564M
Internet Archive
biologyevolution00ruiz
ISBN 10
1611224365
ISBN 13
9781611224368
OCLC/WorldCat
676891072

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