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Stranding of Indian Ocean humpback dolphin along Uttara Kannada coast, Karnataka.
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http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14668/
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Stranding of Indian Ocean humpback dolphin along Uttara Kannada coast, Karnataka. |
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Vaidya, N G
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Stranding
Dolphins Marine Mammals |
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| Description |
Strandings of two Indian Ocean humpback dolphins along Uttara Kannada coast of Karnataka, during November, 2019 and April 2020 is reported. One dead dolphin was washed ashore at Murdeshwar beach of Bhatkal taluk on 11.4.2020 in decayed condition (Fig 1). Based on the external characters, with the help of the available photograph it was identified as a female Indian Ocean humpback dolphin Sousa plumbea (G. Cuvier, 1829). It had beached about one kilometre away from the northern side of the Murdeshwar Temple,surrounded on three sides by Arabian sea. |
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Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
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2020
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Article
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text
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en
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http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14668/1/MFIS_243_Narayan%20G%20V_2020.pdf
Vaidya, N G (2020) Stranding of Indian Ocean humpback dolphin along Uttara Kannada coast, Karnataka. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (243). p. 31. ISSN ISSN 0254-380 X |
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