Supplemental Material for: Whale Temples are Unique Repositories for Understanding Marine Mammal Diversity in Central Vietnam
Supplemental Figures and Table for:Whale Temples are Unique Repositories for Understanding Marine Mammal Diversity in Central Vietnam In recent decades, several studies and reviews have contributed new data on marine mammal composition and distribution in Vietnam, including surveys of whale temples...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:5534870 2024-09-15T18:11:15+00:00 Supplemental Material for: Whale Temples are Unique Repositories for Understanding Marine Mammal Diversity in Central Vietnam McGowen, Michael Long, Vu Potter, Charles Truong, Anh Tho Jefferson, Thomas Kuit, Sui Hyang Abdel-Raheem, Salma Hines, Ellen McGowen, Michael 2021-09-28 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5534870 eng eng Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5534869 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5534870 oai:zenodo.org:5534870 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, (2021-09-28) whales dolphins Cetacea temples dugongs Vietnam info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2021 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.553487010.5281/zenodo.5534869 2024-07-26T17:52:52Z Supplemental Figures and Table for:Whale Temples are Unique Repositories for Understanding Marine Mammal Diversity in Central Vietnam In recent decades, several studies and reviews have contributed new data on marine mammal composition and distribution in Vietnam, including surveys of whale temples along the coast in the southern part of the country.Whale temples have amassed a sizeable number of specimens that has been used as a valuable source of information concerning marine mammals in Vietnam. Previous studies have examined some whale temples in southern Vietnam, but contents of whale temples along the whole coast of Vietnam have not been fully documented. Here we surveyed 18 whale temples in the central part of Vietnam inĐà Nẵng, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, and Thừa Thiên-Huế Provinces, an area that had not been scientifically documented previously. We identified and measured140 individual marine mammals from 15 species, four families, and two orders (Artiodactyla, Sirenia). By far the most numerous species encountered (n=41) was the inshore Indo-Pacific finless porpoise ( Neophocaena phocaenoides ). We also encountered >10 skulls of two other taxa: bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops sp.) and the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin ( Sousa chinensis ).Other delphinid species included Stenella longirostris , S, attenuata, Globicephala macrorhynchus , Grampus griseus , Feresa attenuata , Pseudorca crassidens, Lagenodelphis hosei and Delphinus delphis tropicalis . We identified one specimen of humpback whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) and three of Omura’s whale ( Balaenoptera omurai ), increasing the number of records of the recently described Omura’s whale in Vietnam to five. In addition, we identified three skulls or partial skulls of the dugong ( Dugong dugon ) in varying conditions, documenting their historical presence in an area where they are no longer present. These records further underscore the importance of whale temples both as places of historical culture and reverence, and important repositories of ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Zenodo |
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Supplemental Figures and Table for:Whale Temples are Unique Repositories for Understanding Marine Mammal Diversity in Central Vietnam In recent decades, several studies and reviews have contributed new data on marine mammal composition and distribution in Vietnam, including surveys of whale temples along the coast in the southern part of the country.Whale temples have amassed a sizeable number of specimens that has been used as a valuable source of information concerning marine mammals in Vietnam. Previous studies have examined some whale temples in southern Vietnam, but contents of whale temples along the whole coast of Vietnam have not been fully documented. Here we surveyed 18 whale temples in the central part of Vietnam inĐà Nẵng, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, and Thừa Thiên-Huế Provinces, an area that had not been scientifically documented previously. We identified and measured140 individual marine mammals from 15 species, four families, and two orders (Artiodactyla, Sirenia). By far the most numerous species encountered (n=41) was the inshore Indo-Pacific finless porpoise ( Neophocaena phocaenoides ). We also encountered >10 skulls of two other taxa: bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops sp.) and the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin ( Sousa chinensis ).Other delphinid species included Stenella longirostris , S, attenuata, Globicephala macrorhynchus , Grampus griseus , Feresa attenuata , Pseudorca crassidens, Lagenodelphis hosei and Delphinus delphis tropicalis . We identified one specimen of humpback whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) and three of Omura’s whale ( Balaenoptera omurai ), increasing the number of records of the recently described Omura’s whale in Vietnam to five. In addition, we identified three skulls or partial skulls of the dugong ( Dugong dugon ) in varying conditions, documenting their historical presence in an area where they are no longer present. These records further underscore the importance of whale temples both as places of historical culture and reverence, and important repositories of ... |
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