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Tables of Contents for Biology and Conservation of Freshwater Cetaceans in Asia
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Executive Summary
v
 
Preface
vii
 
Introduction
1
14
Report of the Second Meeting of the Asian River Dolphin Committee, 22-24 February 1997, Rajendrapur, Bangladesh
1
14
Brain D. Smith
Randall R. Reeves
Water Development Issues
15
34
Report of the Workshop on the Effects of Water Development on River Cetaceans, 26-28 February 1997, Rajendrapur, Bangladesh
15
7
Brain D. Smith
Randall R. Reeves
Register of Water Development Projects Affecting River Cetaceans in Asia
22
18
Brian D. Smith
Ravindra K. Sinha
Zhou Kaiya
A. Aleem Chaudhry
Liu Renjun
Wang Ding
Benazir Ahmed
A. K. M. Aminul Haque
R.S. Lal Mohan
Kumar Sapkota
Effects of Water Development on River Cetaceans in China
40
2
Liu Renjun
Wang Ding
Zhou Kaiya
Status of the Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica) in the Vicinity of Farakka Barrage, India
42
7
Ravindra K. Sinha
Yangtze River Dolphin, or Baiji (Lipotes vexillifer)
49
5
Baiji (Lipotes vexillifer): Travel and Respiration Behavior in the Yangtze River
49
5
Bernd Wursig
Dawn Breese
Chen Peixun
Gao Anli
Bernie Tershy
Liu Renjun
Wang Ding
Melany Wursig
Zhang Xianfeng
Zhou Kaiya
Ganges River Dolphin, or Susu (Platanista gangetica)
54
13
Status and Distribution of the Ganges Susu (Platanista gangetica) in the Ganges River System of India and Nepal
54
8
Ravindra K. Sinha
Brian D. Smith
G. Sharma
K. Prasad
B.C. Choudhury
Kumar Sapkota
R. K. Sharma
S.K. Behera
Water Development and the Status of the Shushik (Platanista gangetica) in Southeast Bangladesh
62
5
Benazir Ahmed
Yangtze River Population of Finless Porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides)
67
30
Report of the Workshop to Develop a Conservation Action Plan for the Yangtze River Finless Porpoise, Ocean Park, Hong Kong, 16--18 September 1997
67
14
Randall R. Reeves
Thomas A. Jefferson
Toshio Kasuya
Brian D. Smith
Wang Ding
Wang Peilie
Randall S. Wells
Bernd Wursig
Zhou Kaiya
Status and Conservation of the Yangtze Finless Porpoise
81
5
Wang Ding
Liu Renjun
Zhang Xianfeng
Yang Jian
Wei Zhuo
Zhao Qingzhong
Wang Xiaoquiang
A Preliminary Study on the Variability of the Mitochondrial DNA Control Region in Populations of Finless Porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) in Chinese Waters
86
5
Yang Guang
Zhou Kaiya
Abundance and Distribution of Finless Porpoises in the Nanjing-Hukou Section of the Lower Yangtze River
91
6
Zhou Kaiya
Yang Guang
Gao Anil
Sun Jiang
Xu Xinrong
Methods for Studying Freshwater Cetaceans
97
 
Survey Methods for Population Assessment of Asian River Dolphins
97
 
Brian D. Smith
Randall R. Reeves
Radio Tracking Finless Porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides): Preliminary Evaluation of a Potential Technique, with Cautions
116
 
Brend Wursig
Wang Ding
Zhang Xianfeng
A study of the Boto, or Amazon River Dolphin (India geoffrensis), in the Mamiraua Reserve, Brazil: Operation and Techniques
121
 
Vera M. F. da Silva
Anthony R. Martin
Habitat Preferances of River Dolphins in the Peruvian Amazon
131
 
Stephen Leatherwood
Randall R. Reeves
Bernd Wursig
David Shearn
Genetic and Demographic Considerations for the Conservation of Asian River Cetaceans
144
 
Patricia E. Rosel
Randall R. Reeves