Deteriorating Habitats and Conservation Strategies to Repopulate the Endangered Indus River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor); a Lesson Learned From the Conservation Practices of the Yangtze Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis)

Deteriorating Habitats and Conservation Strategies to Repopulate the Endangered Indus River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor); a Lesson Learned From the Conservation Practices of the Yangtze Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis)

The Indus River dolphin (IRD; Platanista gangetica minor) is an endangered and blind freshwater cetacean, endemic to the Indus River system of Pakistan and India. This review article provides detailed information about the major challenges IRDs are facing, and their possible consequences on the popu...

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Main Authors: Ghulam Nabi, Shahid Ahmad, Richard William McLaughlin, Yujiang Hao, Suliman Khan, Naveed Ahmad, Saeed Ahmad, Muhammad Shoaib Kiani, Yuefeng Wu, Dongming Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
conservation
endangered
extinction
Indus River dolphin
potential threats
translocation
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.561905/full

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