This research was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41406182,41306169,and 41422604);the biodiversity investigation,observation,and assessment program(2019-2023)of Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China;Research Grants Council(RGC)of Hong Kong(General Research Fund HKU 768913M);Marine Ecology Enhancement Fund(MEEF2017015,MEEF2017015A,MEEF2017015B,and MEEF2017015C);Ocean Park Conservation Foundation Hong Kong(MM01-1415,MM02-1516,AW02-1920,AW04_1617,MM01_1920).
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins(Sousa chinensis)inhabit shallow coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific region including southeast China,with at least 6 putative populations identified to date in Chinese waters.However,the ...
This study was part of a larger monitoring and surveillance project commissioned and funded by the National Parks and Wildlife Service(NPWS);Department of Culture,Heritage and the Gaeltacht(CHG);Republic of Ireland.Natterjack toads were collected under Government license(No.C098/2016).
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List,41%of the world’s amphibian species are threatened with extinction,making them more threatened than any other vertebrate group nowadays.Given t...