A 2020 desktop review synthesised peer-reviewed literature, research projects, and environmental impact assessments from 2013 to 2019 on four tropical inshore dolphin species in Australia. The project, conducted by the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, focused on the Australian humpback dolphin, snubfin dolphin, Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, and spinner dolphin complex. It compiled information on species distribution, abundance, trends, habitat use, population structure, and anthropogenic threats to inform future conservation assessments.
Use Cases
- Informing conservation status assessments based on synthesised information on species distribution and abundance.
- Identifying key anthropogenic threats to dolphin populations based on the review of coastal development and fishing impacts.
- Supporting scenario modelling for population trends based on the project's key recommendations.
- Guiding future research priorities based on identified knowledge gaps across regions and species.
Strengths
- Synthesises information from a defined period of literature and reports (2013-2019).
- Focuses on four specific dolphin species with scientific names provided.
- Identifies concrete threats such as coastal development, bycatch, and climate change impacts.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data outputs are described as not being generated by the project; the record is an overview.
Provenance
- Source
- NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub project, hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network.
- Collection Method
- Desktop review of peer-reviewed literature, research projects, reports, and environmental impact assessments.
- Time Range
- Literature and reports reviewed from 2013 to 2019; project overview dated 2020.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-16 17:52:20.495406; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Australia's tropical inshore waters.