Guides


-Whales and dolphins: A field guide to marine mammals of East Africa (2009)

-Marine mammals of the world: a comprehensive guide to their identification
 

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Documents
-Molecular ecology meets remote sensing: environmental drivers to population structure of humpback dolphins in the Western Indian Ocean.

-Historical whaling records from the Western Indian Ocean.

-Whistle vocalizations of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) inhabiting the south-west Indian Ocean.

-Marine Mammal Bycatch in the Southwest Indian Ocean: Review and Need for a Comprehensive Status Assessment.

-Cetaceans in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary: A Review

-Population Structure of Humpback Whales from Their Breeding Grounds in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans
 

Marine mammal species reported in Kenya
A total of 15 marine mammal species have been reported along the Kenyan coast by  Kiszka,J. et al. (2009).



http://www.iucnredlist.org

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1. Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)

2. Humpback whale (Megaptera novaengliae)

3. Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera edeni)

4. Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)

5. Killer whale (Orcinus orca)

6. Melon headed whale (Peponocephala electra)

7. Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus)

8. Common dolphin (Delphinus sp.)

9. Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis)

10. Spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris)

11. Spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata)

12. Fraser’s dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei)

13. Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus)

14. Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)

15. Dugong (Dugong dugon)
 

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Code of conducts


Code of conduct Malindi/Watamu MPA

Code of conduct Kisite-Mpunguti MPA