A framework for the assessment of the spatial and temporal patterns of threatened coastal delphinids.

ABSTRACT: The massively accelerated biodiversity loss rate in the Anthropocene calls for an efficient and effective way to identify the spatial and temporal dynamics of endangered species. To this end, we developed a useful identification framework based on a case study of locally endangered Sousa chinensis by combining both LEK (local ecological knowledge) evaluation and regional boat-based survey methods. Our study investigated the basic ecological information of Sousa chinensis in the estuaries of eastern Guangdong that had previously been neglected, which could guide the future study and conservation. Based on the statistical testing of reported spatial and temporal dolphins sighting data from fishermen and the ecological monitoring analyses, including sighting rate, site fidelity and residence

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4726438 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature