Improving river dolphin monitoring using aerial surveys

Searching for trends in river dolphin abundance: Designing surveys for looming threats, and evidence for opposing trends of two species in the Colombian Amazon

(2016) Rob Williams et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Risks of dam construction for South American river dolphins: a case study of the Tapajós River

(2016) HJ Pavanato et al.   Endangered Species Research

Dawn of Drone Ecology: Low-Cost Autonomous Aerial Vehicles for Conservation

(2016) Lian Pin Koh et al.   Tropical Conservation Science

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

(2015) Douglas Bates et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Are unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) the future of wildlife monitoring? A review of accomplishments and challenges

(2015) Julie Linchant et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

A New Species of River Dolphin from Brazil or: How Little Do We Know Our Biodiversity

(2014) Tomas Hrbek et al.   PLoS One

To See or Not to See: Investigating Detectability of Ganges River Dolphins Using a Combined Visual-Acoustic Survey

(2014) Nadia I. Richman et al.   PLoS One

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Surveying Marine Fauna: A Dugong Case Study

(2013) Amanda Hodgson et al.   PLoS One

Estimating Distribution of Hidden Objects with Drones: From Tennis Balls to Manatees

(2012) Julien Martin et al.   PLoS One

Short Note: Botos (Inia geoffrensis) in the Upper Reaches of the Tocantins River (Central Brazil) with Observations of Unusual Behavior, Including Object Carrying

(2012) Claryana Araújo   AQUATIC MAMMALS

Population, density estimates, and conservation of river dolphins (Inia and Sotalia) in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins

(2011) Catalina Gomez-Salazar et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Photo-Identification: A Reliable and Noninvasive Tool for Studying Pink River Dolphins (Inia geoffrensis)

(2011) Catalina Gomez-Salazar   AQUATIC MAMMALS

Abundance and Prey Availability Assessment of Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica) in a Stretch of Upper Ganges River, India

(2010) Tawqir Bashir et al.   AQUATIC MAMMALS

Conflicts with fisheries and intentional killing of freshwater dolphins (Cetacea: Odontoceti) in the Western Brazilian Amazon

(2009) Carolina Loch et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Abundance and conservation status of the Yangtze finless porpoise in the Yangtze River, China

(2008) Xiujiang Zhao et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Design and field methods for sighting surveys of cetaceans in coastal and riverine habitats

(2008) STEVE DAWSON et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW