Species diversity and critical habitats of offshore and deep-diving cetaceans in the South China Sea
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作者 | Liu, Mingming1![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
刊名 | BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
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出版日期 | 2024-11-01 |
卷号 | 299页码:14 |
关键词 | Cetacean Important Marine Mammal Area (IMMA) Relative abundance Species richness Dominant species Xisha-Zhongsha |
ISSN号 | 0006-3207 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110808 |
英文摘要 | Despite being recognized as a global marine biodiversity hotspot, the South China Sea (SCS) is a distinct "cetacean data-deficient area". In particular, robust scientific knowledge and conservation baseline information available for offshore cetacean species in this region remain scarce. Between 2019 and 2023, we conducted six systematic ship-based surveys to investigate cetaceans occurring potentially in the offshore waters of the SCS, primarily around the Xisha-Zhongsha Islands. During the field surveys, 211 cetacean sightings comprising 187 single- and 24 mixed-species sightings were recorded. We identified 17 odontocete species, all offshore and deepdiving species. Notably, the pantropical spotted dolphin, short-finned pilot whale, and Fraser's dolphin, were recognized as the dominant species because of regular presence, commonness and high relative abundance. Based on the field sightings reported in this study and supplementary opportunistic sightings, we confirm 25 cetacean species living in the SCS. By integrating several additional data sources, such as stranding records and taxidermy/skeletal specimens, we further establish a cetacean species checklist consisting of at least 36 species. Biogeographically, the northern SCS (especially Xisha-Zhongsha waters) not only supports a remarkably high level of cetacean richness, and may also function as nursery and/or feeding grounds for the "Vulnerable" sperm whale and serve as critical habitats for many other offshore and deep-diving species. Therefore, we recommend that the Xisha-Zhongsha waters be proposed as a candidate Important Marine Mammal Area (IMMA), which has great potential to be delineated and managed for conservation. |
WOS关键词 | MARINE MAMMALS ; SPATIAL-DISTRIBUTION ; CONSERVATION ; BIODIVERSITY ; DOLPHINS ; KNOWLEDGE ; ABUNDANCE ; COASTAL ; WATERS ; SHELF |
资助项目 | National Natural Science Foundation of China[42225604] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[42306182] ; Key Deployment Project of the Center for Ocean Mega-Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[COMS2020Q15] ; The One Belt and One Road Science and Technology Cooperation Special Program of the International Partnership Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[183446KYSB20200016] ; Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China[323QN311] ; Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China[424RC535] |
WOS研究方向 | Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS记录号 | WOS:001332322900001 |
出版者 | ELSEVIER SCI LTD |
资助机构 | National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Key Deployment Project of the Center for Ocean Mega-Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; The One Belt and One Road Science and Technology Cooperation Special Program of the International Partnership Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China |
源URL | [http://ir.idsse.ac.cn/handle/183446/11701] ![]() |
专题 | 深海科学研究部_深海生物学研究室_海洋哺乳动物与海洋生物声学研究组 |
通讯作者 | Li, Songhai |
作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Deep sea Sci & Engn, Marine Mammal & Marine Bioacoust Lab, Sanya 572000, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 101408, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, Conservat Chinese Acad Sci, Innovat Res Ctr Aquat Mammals,Key Lab Aquat Biodiv, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Ocean Mega Sci, Qingdao 266071, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Liu, Mingming,Lin, Wenzhi,Lin, Mingli,et al. Species diversity and critical habitats of offshore and deep-diving cetaceans in the South China Sea[J]. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION,2024,299:14. |
APA | Liu, Mingming.,Lin, Wenzhi.,Lin, Mingli.,Dong, Lijun.,Liu, Binshuai.,...&Li, Songhai.(2024).Species diversity and critical habitats of offshore and deep-diving cetaceans in the South China Sea.BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION,299,14. |
MLA | Liu, Mingming,et al."Species diversity and critical habitats of offshore and deep-diving cetaceans in the South China Sea".BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 299(2024):14. |
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