Motivated by the need to estimate the abundance of marine mammal populations to inform
conservation assessments, especially relating to fishery bycatch, this paper provides …

Mark rate, or the proportion of the population with unique, identifiable marks, must be
determined in order to estimate population size from photographic identification data. In this …

Marine mammal bycatch poses a particular challenge in developing countries, where data to
document bycatch and its effects are often lacking. Using the Bycatch Risk Assessment …

Worldwide, cetaceans are impacted by human activities, and those populations that occur in
shallow-nearshore habitats are particularly vulnerable. We present the results of the first …

Dolphin-watching tourism is growing globally. In developing countries, the typically low
environmental awareness of operators and poorly enforced or non-existent regulations …

Abstract Coastal cetaceans in Southeast Asia are poorly studied and are particularly
vulnerable to anthropogenic threats, especially in intensive fishing grounds. To investigate …

Abstract Aim The Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) is an endangered cetacean found
throughout Southeast Asia. The main threat to this species is human encroachment, led by …

Abstract The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus), classified as a new
species since 1998, is underexplored in ecotoxicology owing to ethical constraints and the …

Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) are a globally Endangered cetacean species
found in rivers, lakes, estuaries, and coastal waters across Southeast Asia. Whilst much …

The Indo-Pacific finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) occurs year-round in
waters of southern and eastern Hong Kong. The population biology of the population was …