Appendix: Abbreviations and Acronyms Used Throughout This Volume

APPENDIX: ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS USED THROUGHOUT THIS VOLUME Abbreviation Explanation

AFCD AMSA ArcGIS BIA CEBEL CI CITES CMS CV CW DA DDT DMP DNA DoE DoECC DPaW DPMC DRE EEZ EIA EPA ETS GBR GIS GPS HCH HK/PRE HSF IFAW IUCN IWC K MMA MP MPA

Hong Kong Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department Australian Maritime Safety Authority Geographic Information System software Biologically Important Area Cetacean Ecology, Behaviour and Evolution Lab Confidence interval Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species Convention in Migratory Species Coefficient of Variation Coastal Walkabout Dampier Archipelago Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane Western Australian Department of Mines and Petroleum Deoxyribonucleic acid Australian Government Department of the Environment United Kingdom Department of Energy and Climate Change Western Australian Department of Parks and Wildlife Australian Government Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet Dafengjiang River and Nanliujiang River estuary, China Exclusive Economic Zone Environmental Impact Assessment Environmental Protection Authority Eastern Taiwan Strait Great Barrier Reef Geographic Information Service Global Positioning System Hexachlorocyclohexane Hong Kong/Pearl River Estuary high speed ferry International Fund for Animal Welfare International Union for the Conservation of Nature International Whaling Commission Carrying capacity Marine Management Area Marine Park Marine Protected Area Continued

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Abbreviation Explanation

MSC mtDNA MUCRU n N NGO NMFS NOAA NT nuDNA NWC NWCDRP PAM PCB PIMRG POP PVA QLD SC SD SE SEA SMM SST SWIO TEK TO UAV UK US WA WAMSI WAPC

Marine Stewardship Council Mitochondrial DNA Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit Sample size Population size Non-governmental organization US National Marine Fisheries Service US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Northern Territory Nuclear DNA North West Cape North West Cape Dolphin Research Project Passive acoustic monitoring Polychlorinated biphenyl Pilbara Indigenous Marine Reference Group Persistent organic pollutant Population Viability Analysis Queensland Shatian/Caotan, China Standard deviation Standard error Strategic Environmental Assessment Society for Marine Mammalogy Sea Surface Temperature Southwestern Indian Ocean Traditional ecological knowledge Traditional Owner Unmanned aerial vehicle United Kingdom United States Western Australia Western Australian Marine Science Institution Western Australian Planning Commission (Department of Planning)