Estimating relative energetic costs of human disturbance to killer whales (Orcinus orca)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 301-311

  Williams, Rob ^a,b   Lusseau, David ^c   Hammond, Philip S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Aberdeen ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Behavioural response; Bioenergetics; Boat traffic; Cetacean; Disturbance; Marine protected area

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOENERGETICS; DISTURBANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; WHALE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; JOHNSTONE STRAIT; NORTH AMERICA;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 33749435596     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.06.010     Document Type: Article

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