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MMC-00010: Diversity and distribution of cetaceans off Mirissa in the southern coast of Sri Lanka II. Relationship with sea surface temperature, salinity and water density in Sri Lanka

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MMC-00010: Diversity and distribution of cetaceans off Mirissa in the souther...
Abstract

Lack of proper scientific data on the behavior of cetaceans is a major constraint in managing whale and dolphin watching activities without affecting cetacean populations in marine waters off Mirissa, where it has become a high income generating tourist activity. Therefore a shipboard surveys were conducted using a special whale watching boat for 43 days from January to April 2012 in an area of about 940 km2 in Mirissa, southern coast of Sri Lanka to identify the environmental parameters t...

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Globicephala macrorhyncus , Stenella longirostris , Balaenoptera physalus , Marine Mammal , Peponocephala electra , Tursiops aduncus , Balaenoptera musculus
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Marine Mammals
positional information and services. Examples: addresses, geodetic networks, control points, postal zones and services, place names
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JS 1 , JS 2
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English
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E.P.D.N. Thilakarathne, P.B.T. Pradeep Kumara and R.M.G.N. Thilakarathna (2015). Diversity and distribution of cetaceans off Mirissa in the southern coast o...

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