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Species Diversity, Seasonal Variation and Capture Method of Small Cetaceans on the West Coast of Sri Lanka

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Species Diversity, Seasonal Variation and Capture Method of Small Cetaceans o...
Abstract

Species diversity, seasonal variation and capture methods were examined, in small cetacean catches and offshore sightings at the fishing sites and adjacent waters of Beruwal a and Negombo, on the west coast of Sri Lanka. from May to October 1994. 325 and 263 individual specimens of 12 and 9 species of small cetaceans (Stenella longirostris, Stenella coeruleoalba; Stenella attenuata, Tursiops truncatus, Grampus griseus, Peponocephala electra, Pseudora crassidens, Feresa attenuata, Kogia bre...

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Stenella longirostris , Stenella attenuata , Kogia breviceps , Grampus griseus , Tursiops truncatus , Pseudora crassidens , Steno bredanensis , Marine Mammal , Feresa attenuata , Stenella coeruleoalba , Lagenodelphis hosei , Peponocephala electra , Kogia simus
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Marine Mammals
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M 5 , M 6 , M 7
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English
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Ilangakoon, A.D., Ratnasooriya, W.D., & Miththapala, S. (2000). Species diversity, Seasonal Variation and Capture Method of Small Cetaceans on the West Coast...

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