Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of my co-authors, I would like to share you our recent publications
as below, hope you are interested in this paper.
Mingming Liu, Mingli Lin, Lijun Dong, Francesco Caruso, Songhai Li. (2022). An
integrated strategy for monitoring cetaceans in data-poor regions. Biological
Conservation, 272, 109648. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109648
Abstract
A fundamental issue in cetacean conservation is determining the occurrence,
distribution, and habitat use of target species. However, these baselines are
extremely deficient in many poorly investigated regions, making it challenging
to inform conservation management initiatives. In this case study, we employed
three complementary approaches to generate conservation baselines on a
“Vulnerable” near-shore delphinid species, the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin,
Sousa chinensis, in the waters southwest of Hainan (SW Hainan), China. First,
in late 2013, we conducted large-scale local ecological knowledge (LEK) surveys
with 510 Hainanese fishers. Our LEK findings revealed that SW Hainan was a
previously underreported area with numerous fishermen encounters of humpback
dolphins dating back to the 1970s. Second, from 2014 to 2019, we conducted
monthly boat-based visual surveys in SW Hainan. Our sighting data verified the
reliability of previous LEK findings and further confirmed the year-round
occurrence and species dominance of humpback dolphins in SW Hainan. Third, we
applied a supplementary approach (stationary passive acoustic monitoring, PAM)
to monitor dolphin biosonar activities in the region. Our 10-site PAM dataset
from February 2018 to June 2019 indicated spatiotemporal variations in dolphin
click detections. To conclude, our findings, derived from multiple approaches,
provide a scientific basis for cetacean conservation management and marine
spatial planning on a regional scale. More generally, this study offers an
integrated monitoring strategy consisting of three step-by-step approaches,
which can help conservationists, especially those who work in data-deficient
waters, obtain critical baseline data on cetaceans in an efficient, timely, and
reliable way.
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Mingming Liu, PhD, Doctoral Research Fellow
Marine Mammal and Marine Bioacoustics Laboratory,
Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
(IDSSE, CAS)
#28 Luhuitou Road, Sanya, 572000, China
TEL: +86-13976199641
ReserachGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mingming_Liu16
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