Some observations and remarks on the endangered marine animals of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands being oceanic in nature, harbour a number of marine animals sucli as whales, dolphins, turtles, saltwater crocodiles, dugongs and robber-crabs. All these animals are now listed as endangered species. The author during his stay of three years in Andaman and Nicobar Isl...

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Main Author: James, D B
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: 1988
Subjects:
Marine Biodiversity
Killer Whale
Online Access:http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2358/
http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2358/1/Article_54.pdf
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spelling ftcmfri:oai:eprints.cmfri.org.in:2358 2023-05-15T17:03:33+02:00 Some observations and remarks on the endangered marine animals of Andaman and Nicobar Islands James, D B 1988 application/pdf http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2358/ http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2358/1/Article_54.pdf en eng http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2358/1/Article_54.pdf James, D B (1988) Some observations and remarks on the endangered marine animals of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Endangered Marine Animals and Marine Parks MBAI, 12-16 January 1985, Cochin. Marine Biodiversity Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed 1988 ftcmfri 2021-01-24T16:19:16Z The Andaman and Nicobar Islands being oceanic in nature, harbour a number of marine animals sucli as whales, dolphins, turtles, saltwater crocodiles, dugongs and robber-crabs. All these animals are now listed as endangered species. The author during his stay of three years in Andaman and Nicobar Islands recorded a number of instances of these animals. Also records and informations collected from others are included in the paper to make it more comprehensive. The paper also includes interesting observations on the anatomical details of false-killer whale which is recorded for the first time from the Andaman Sea, growth rate of saltwater crocodile in captivity, mode of capture and maintenance of live turtles by Bengalee settlers in earlier days and also on the habits of robbercrab. Conference Object Killer Whale Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, India: Eprints@CMFRI
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Some observations and remarks on the endangered marine animals of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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description The Andaman and Nicobar Islands being oceanic in nature, harbour a number of marine animals sucli as whales, dolphins, turtles, saltwater crocodiles, dugongs and robber-crabs. All these animals are now listed as endangered species. The author during his stay of three years in Andaman and Nicobar Islands recorded a number of instances of these animals. Also records and informations collected from others are included in the paper to make it more comprehensive. The paper also includes interesting observations on the anatomical details of false-killer whale which is recorded for the first time from the Andaman Sea, growth rate of saltwater crocodile in captivity, mode of capture and maintenance of live turtles by Bengalee settlers in earlier days and also on the habits of robbercrab.
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title_full_unstemmed Some observations and remarks on the endangered marine animals of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
title_sort some observations and remarks on the endangered marine animals of andaman and nicobar islands
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James, D B (1988) Some observations and remarks on the endangered marine animals of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Endangered Marine Animals and Marine Parks
MBAI, 12-16 January 1985, Cochin.
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