Essays about: "freshwater cetacean"

Found 1 essay containing the words freshwater cetacean.

  1. 1. Threats and opportunities for the survival of the Yangtze finless porpoise

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Angelica Åsberg; [2012]
    Keywords : yangtze finless porpoise; freshwater cetacean; threats; future prospects; behaviour;

    Abstract : The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaorientalis), is a small freshwater cetacean which has recently fallen dramatically in number. It is an endemic species for the Yangtze River and unless drastic action is taken, it risks the same fate as the now functionally extinct Yangtze river dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer). READ MORE