Characterization of ship traffic in right whale critical habitat

Coastal Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-278

  Ward Geiger, Leslie I ^a   Silber, Gregory K ^b   Baumstark, René D ^a   Pulfer, Tanya L ^a  

^a FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Right whales; Ship traffic

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OCEAN HABITATS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; TRACKING (POSITION); VELOCITY CONTROL;

NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICES (NMFS); NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S (NOAA); RIGHT WHALES; U.S. COAST GUARD (USCG);

SHIPS;

SHIPPING; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA;

EID: 22244432190     PISSN: 08920753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08920750590951965     Document Type: Article

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