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Title Year Authors Category Conservation Measure
Conservation Strategy for the Mekong river Irrawaddy dolphin 2005 Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Conservation Plan Conservation Action Plan
Ex situ conservation status of an endangered Yangtze finless porpoise population (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis) as measured from microsatellites and mtDNA diversity. 2005 Xia, J. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Conservation management of small core areas: key to survival of a Critically Endangered population of Irrawaddy river dolphins Orcaella brevirostris in Indonesia 2005 Kreb D. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Mekong River Fish Conservation Zones in Southern Laos: Assessing Effectiveness Using Local Ecological Knowledge 2005 Baird, I. G. Peer-reviewed journal article Fisheries management
Heavy metals in sediments, mussels and oysters from Trinidad and Venezuela 2005 De Astudillo, L. R Peer-reviewed journal article
Phylogenetic position of Platanista gangetica: insights from the mitochondrial cytochrome b and nuclear interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein gene sequences 2004 Verma, S. K. Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
Number, seasonal movements, and residency characteristics of river dolphins in an Amazonian floodplain lake system. 2004 Martin, AR Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
How can conservation biology inform the practice of Integrated River Basin Management? 2004 Gilman, R. T. Peer-reviewed journal article Water management
Orcaella brevirostris (Mekong River subpopulation) 2004 Smith, B.D. Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
Abundance of freshwater Irrawaddy dolphins in the Mahakam River in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, based on mark-recapture analysis of photo-identified individuals 2004 Kreb, D. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Living Under an Aquatic Freeway: Effects of Boats on Irrawaddy Dolphins(Orcaella brevirostris) in a Coastal and Riverine Environment in Indonesia. 2004 Kreb, D. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
River dolphins and flooded forest: seasonal habitat use and sexual segregation of botos (Inia geoffrensis) in an extreme cetacean environment 2004 Martin, A. R. Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
Riverine habitat preferences of botos (Inia geoffrensis) and tucuxis (Sotalia fluviatilis) in the central Amazon 2004 Martin, A. R. Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
Facultative River Dolphins: Conservation and Social Ecology of Freshwater and Coastal Irrawaddy Dolphins in Indonesia. Chapter 9: Social dynamics of facultative Irrawaddy river dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) in Borneo: Impacts of habitat 2004 Kreb D. Book Chapter Species knowledge and understanding
Behavioural responses of Sotalia fluviatilis (Cetacea, Delphinidae) to Acoustic Pingers, Fortaleza, Brazil. 2004 Monteiro-Neto, C. Peer-reviewed journal article Acoustic deterrents/Pingers
Status and conservation of the Gangetic dolphin in the Karnali river, Nepal. 2003 Timilsina, N. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
The structure and dynamics of geographic ranges 2003 Gaston, K. J. Book Research and monitoring
Heavy metals in marine mammals 2003 Krishna D Book Chapter Research and monitoring
Field experiments show that acoustic pingers reduce marine mammal bycatch in the California drift gill net fishery. 2003 Barlow, J. Peer-reviewed journal article Acoustic deterrents/Pingers
Managing Rivers Wisely: Lessons from WWF’s work for integrated river basin management. Introduction, synthesis & case studies 2003 WWF Report, NGO Water management