Research advances on the ecology of <i>Sousa chinensis</i>
Liming Yong, Yuke Zhang, Liyuan Zhao, Qianhui Zeng, Longshan Lin, Minhao Gao, Hao Cheng, Xianyan Wang
Abstract
Background & Aims: The Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) has been listed as the Grade 1 National Key Protected Animal in China.As the top predator of the inshore marine food chain, S. chinensis is an indicator species of the health status of the inshore ecosystem.Due to the important ecological, scientific and cultural values, it is also used as the flagship species for marine biodiversity conservation.Since the 1990s, the studies on S. chinensis have gradually risen, and developed to a new period in recent years along with the application of 3S (RS, GPS, GIS), ecological models, and molecular biological techniques.We summarized the studies of S. chinensis from the aspects of •综述•