Mediterranean fin whales at risk from fatal ship strikes

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1287-1298

  Panigada, Simone ^a,b   Pesante, Giovanna ^a   Zanardelli, Margherita ^a   Capoulade, Frédéric ^c   Gannier, Alexandre ^d   Weinrich, Mason T ^e  

^a Tethys Research Institute and IUCN Task Force on Marine Mammal Protected Areas   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c SNCM   (France)

^d Ctr de Rech sur les Cetaces   (France)

^e Whale Center of New England   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic threats; Fin whale; Marine protected areas; Mediterranean sea; Mortality rates; Ship collision

Indexed keywords

CONDITION MONITORING; MARINE BIOLOGY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SHIPS;

ANTHROPOGENIC THREATS; FIN WHALE; MARINE PROTECTED AREAS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MORTALITY RATES; SHIP COLLISION;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SHIP MOTION; WHALE;

ARTICLE; CARCASS; FATALITY; FEMALE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MONITORING; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SHIP; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRAFFIC; WHALE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; FIN WHALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHOTOGRAPHY; SHIPS; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; MYSTICETI;

EID: 33749183753     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.03.014     Document Type: Article

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