Dear colleagues,
On behave of my colleagues, I am delighted to announce our review paper about
Risso’s dolphins in Taiwanese waters was published earlier last month:
Hsin-Yi Yu, Ing Chen, Wen-Ta Li, and Lien-Siang Chou. 2019. Ecological and
Biological Characteristics for the Risso's Dolphins (Grampus griseus) Off
Taiwan, with Conservation Evaluations on Potential Anthropogenic Threats.
Mammal Study 44(2), 77-89. DOI: 10.3106/ms2018-0038
*Abstract*
Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) is one of the cetacean species commonly
encountered off the eastern coast of Taiwan. The species appears to occur in
Taiwanese waters year-round. Many biological and ecological characteristics,
including group size, habitat preference, and ages at weaning and sexual
maturity, are by-and-large in accord with earlier reports for populations in
other geographic regions. Morphological assessments, dietary analyses, and
genetic data altogether suggest the dolphins found in Taiwanese and Japanese
waters are from the same population, which exhibits high genetic diversity and
a sign of recent demographic expansion. The dolphin species is endorsed a “Rare
and Valuable Species (Class II)” status and is protected by the Wildlife
Conservation Act in Taiwan. However, it is still vulnerable to human
activities, in terms of whale-watching tourism and coastal gill-net fisheries,
with a growing concern on the level of heavy metal residues found in dolphin
tissues. Current knowledge for the species is mostly derived from relatively
limited information. Assessments on key biological and ecological features,
e.g., population size, residency, social structure, and group composition,
shall be prioritised for conservation initiatives.
Full-text access is available for BioOne Complete subscribers
(https://bioone.org/journals/Mammal-Study/volume-44/issue-2/ms2018-0038/Ecological-and-Biological-Characteristics-for-the-Rissos-Dolphins-iGrampus-griseus/10.3106/ms2018-0038.short
<https://bioone.org/journals/Mammal-Study/volume-44/issue-2/ms2018-0038/Ecological-and-Biological-Characteristics-for-the-Rissos-Dolphins-iGrampus-griseus/10.3106/ms2018-0038.short>);
but please feel free to contact one of the authors or myself (chen.inge /at/
gmail.com) for a private pdf copy.
Regards,
Ing Chen
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Ing Chen, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Division of Science, Yale-NUS College
National University of Singapore
16 College Avenue West, 138527, Singapore
chen.inge /at/ gmail.com
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