NESP MB Project A15: Conservation Status Review of Tropical Inshore Dolphins
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Description
Australia's tropical inshore dolphin species, including the Australian humpback dolphin, snubfin dolphin, Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, and spinner dolphin, were reviewed for their conservation status. The project, conducted by the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, was a desktop review synthesizing peer-reviewed literature, research projects, and environmental impact assessments from 2013 to 2019. It compiled information on species distribution, abundance, trends, habitat use, population structure, and anthropogenic threats.
Use Cases
Informing conservation status assessments based on the synthesized review of species distribution and threats.
Identifying research gaps for tropical inshore dolphins based on the review's findings of uneven knowledge across regions and species.
Supporting scenario modeling for population impacts based on the project's key recommendations.
Analyzing anthropogenic threats to marine mammals based on identified impacts from coastal development, bycatch, and climate change.
Strengths
Focuses on four specific dolphin species: Australian humpback dolphin, snubfin dolphin, Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, and spinner dolphin.
Synthesizes information from a defined period of literature and reports, including environmental impact assessments from 2013 to 2019.
Identifies concrete threats including habitat loss from coastal development, bycatch in fishing gear, and climate change impacts like ocean warming.
Limitations
Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
The project description states 'No data outputs were generated by this project,' indicating the primary deliverable is a review document, not a structured dataset.
Provenance
Source
NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub project, via 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 2026-06-04 13:18:06.338051; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Australia's tropical inshore waters.
The description explicitly states 'No data outputs were generated by this project.' Available file formats are PNG and HTML, suggesting the record may contain report documents or figures rather than a traditional data table.