MEBIN- Title
- MMC-00001: Exploring anthropogenic activities that threaten endangered blue w...
- Abstract
The waters off Sri Lanka, an island in the northern Indian Ocean, are an important habitat for blue whales, a species listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The subspecies status, genetic affinities and movement patterns of this northern Indian Ocean population of blue whales is not yet clearly understood but off Sri Lanka they can be found throughout the year. Sri Lanka also lies on a busy international shipping lane. Since 2009 a boat-based commercial whale-wat...
- Publication Date
- Sept. 28, 2017, 12:42 a.m.
- Keywords
- Balaenoptera musculus , Marine Mammal
- Category
- Marine Mammals
- positional information and services. Examples: addresses, geodetic networks, control points, postal zones and services, place names
- Regions
- JS 1 , JS 2
- Owner
- prds1
- Language
- English
- Supplemental Information
Anoukchika D Ilangakoon.2012 .Exploring anthropogenic activities that threaten endangered blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) off Sri Lanka.Journal of Marine...
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