Decline towards extinction of Mexico's vaquita porpoise (Phocoena sinus)

Decline towards extinction of Mexico's vaquita porpoise (Phocoena sinus)

The vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is a small porpoise endemic to Mexico. It is listed by IUCN as Critically Endangered because of unsustainable levels of bycatch in gillnets. The population has been monitored with passive acoustic detectors every summer from 2011 to 2018; here we report results for 2017...

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Main Authors: Armando M. Jaramillo-Legorreta, Gustavo Cardenas-Hinojosa, Edwyna Nieto-Garcia, Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho, Len Thomas, Jay M. Ver Hoef, Jeffrey Moore, Barbara Taylor, Jay Barlow, Nicholas Tregenza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2019-07-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
Subjects:
vaquita
phocoena sinus
passive acoustic monitoring
bayesian modelling
population trend
wildlife management
Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.190598

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