First human-caused extinction of a cetacean species?

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	First human-caused extinction of a cetacean species?
	Turvey, Samuel T.; Pitman, Robert L.; Taylor, Barbara L.; Barlow, Jay ; Akamatsu, Tomonari ; Barrett, Leigh A.; Zhao, Xiujiang ; Reeves, Randall R.; Stewart, Brent S.; Wang, Kexiong
刊名	BIOLOGY LETTERS
	2007-10-22
卷号	3 期号:5 页码:537-540
关键词	baiji China extinct Lipotes vexillifer river dolphin Yangtze
ISSN号	1744-9561
通讯作者	Wang, D, Wuhan Univ, Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China
中文摘要	The Yangtze River dolphin or baiji ( Lipotes vexillifer), an obligate freshwater odontocete known only from the middle-lower Yangtze River system and neighbouring Qiantang River in eastern China, has long been recognized as one of the world's rarest and most threatened mammal species. The status of the baiji has not been investigated since the late 1990s, when the surviving population was estimated to be as low as 13 individuals. An intensive six-week multivessel visual and acoustic survey carried out in November-December 2006, covering the entire historical range of the baiji in the main Yangtze channel, failed to find any evidence that the species survives. We are forced to conclude that the baiji is now likely to be extinct, probably due to unsustainable by-catch in local fisheries. This represents the first global extinction of a large vertebrate for over 50 years, only the fourth disappearance of an entire mammal family since AD 1500, and the first cetacean species to be driven to extinction by human activity. Immediate and extreme measures may be necessary to prevent the extinction of other endangered cetaceans, including the sympatric Yangtze finless porpoise ( Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis).
英文摘要	The Yangtze River dolphin or baiji ( Lipotes vexillifer), an obligate freshwater odontocete known only from the middle-lower Yangtze River system and neighbouring Qiantang River in eastern China, has long been recognized as one of the world's rarest and most threatened mammal species. The status of the baiji has not been investigated since the late 1990s, when the surviving population was estimated to be as low as 13 individuals. An intensive six-week multivessel visual and acoustic survey carried out in November-December 2006, covering the entire historical range of the baiji in the main Yangtze channel, failed to find any evidence that the species survives. We are forced to conclude that the baiji is now likely to be extinct, probably due to unsustainable by-catch in local fisheries. This represents the first global extinction of a large vertebrate for over 50 years, only the fourth disappearance of an entire mammal family since AD 1500, and the first cetacean species to be driven to extinction by human activity. Immediate and extreme measures may be necessary to prevent the extinction of other endangered cetaceans, including the sympatric Yangtze finless porpoise ( Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis).
学科主题	Biology; Ecology; Evolutionary Biology
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine
类目[WOS]	Biology ; Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology
研究领域[WOS]	Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology
关键词[WOS]	BAIJI LIPOTES-VEXILLIFER ; RIVER DOLPHIN ; CONSERVATION ; ASIAEORIENTALIS ; ABUNDANCE
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000249421800025
公开日期	2010-10-13
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.ihb.ac.cn/handle/152342/8462]
专题	水生生物研究所_中科院水生所知识产出（2009年前）_期刊论文
作者单位	1.Wuhan Univ, Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China 2.Zool Soc London, Inst Zool, London NW1 4RY, England 3.NOAA Fisheries, SW Fisheries Sci Ctr, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA 4.NRIFE, Fisheries Res Agcy, Kamisu, Ibaraki 3140408, Japan 5.Baiji Org Fdn, CH-8032 Zurich, Switzerland 6.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Sch, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China 7.Okapi Wildlife Associates, Hudson, PQ J0P 1HO, Canada 8.Hubbs Sea World Res Inst, San Diego, CA 92109 USA 9.Univ Hawaii, Dept Zool, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA 10.Univ Washington, Sch Aquat & Fisheries Sci, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Turvey, Samuel T.,Pitman, Robert L.,Taylor, Barbara L.,et al. First human-caused extinction of a cetacean species?[J]. BIOLOGY LETTERS,2007,3(5):537-540.
APA	Turvey, Samuel T..,Pitman, Robert L..,Taylor, Barbara L..,Barlow, Jay.,Akamatsu, Tomonari.,...&Wang, Ding.(2007).First human-caused extinction of a cetacean species?.BIOLOGY LETTERS,3(5),537-540.
MLA	Turvey, Samuel T.,et al."First human-caused extinction of a cetacean species?".BIOLOGY LETTERS 3.5(2007):537-540.