Abundance and distribution of Hector's dolphins off the coast of Dunedin, New Zealand, and overlap with commercial fishing

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Abundance and distribution of Hector's dolphins off the coast of Dunedin, New Zealand, and overlap with commercial fishing

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University of Otago

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Description

There is currently limited information on the small, localised populations of Hector’s dolphins in the south-east South Island. Off the coast of Dunedin, Blueskin Bay appears to provide important habitat for one such small subpopulation of Hector’s dolphins. This subpopulation has not been assessed since 2010/11, when it was identified that its low abundance and apparent discreteness from neighbouring populations rendered it vulnerable to extinction. To address the decline of Hector’s dolphin...

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Research paper

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Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2022

Creator

Williams, Hannah

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/13624

Related subjects

New Zealand / dolphin / Cephalorhynchus / Hector's dolphin / fisheries / threats / Dunedin / Otago / small population / management / acoustic / photo-ID / KDE

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