The original article describing the First human-caused extinction of a
cetacean species? appeared actually in Biology Letters and can be read at
http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/content/15782wq480207749/
Saludos,
Reynaldo
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Good point,I am on the marine mammal listserv and never heard a thing
about it.
On Thu, August 16, 2007 4:07 am, William Silvert wrote:
I find it odd that with all the discussion of species loss on this list,
no
mention has appeared of a major extinction of a charismatic species, the
Yangtzee
, and
immature.
Tom Robbins
Original message
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:57:32 -0500
From: Malcolm McCallum [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: in Memorium yangtzee dolphin
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Good point,I am on the marine mammal listserv and never heard a thing
about it.
On Thu, August
On Aug 16, 2007, at 7:57 AM, Malcolm McCallum wrote:
Good point,I am on the marine mammal listserv and never heard a thing
about it.
Perhaps because it was not a marine mammal, Malcolm? :-)
The formal notice of the extinction of this dolphin was noted at
least in a corner of the blogsphere
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Actually, the French news had a 5 minutes reportage about this issue.
Serge
At 07:37 PM 8/16/2007, Madhusudan Katti wrote:
On Aug 16, 2007, at 7:57 AM, Malcolm McCallum wrote:
Good point,I am on the marine mammal listserv and never heard a thing
about it.
Perhaps because it was not a
: [ECOLOG-L] in Memorium yangtzee dolphin=0A=0A=0AI too am amazed that=
this suspected extinction has gone by without barely a news story - late l=
ast week it got a 2 minute mention on the late night news in Australia - th=
at was it. Does anyone know more about this? The news here mentioned
That SciAm article URL didn't work. Here's the right one
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?alias=yangtze-river-dolphin-pro
Aug 8, 2007
Yangtze River dolphin probably extinct: study
By Michael Kahn
LONDON (Reuters) - The long-threatened Yangtze River dolphin in China is
probably extinct,
