Saving endangered whales at no cost

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Myers, Ransom A ^a   Boudreau, Stephanie A ^a   Kenney, Robert D ^b   Moore, Michael J ^c   Rosenberg, Andrew A ^d   Sherrill Mix, Scott A ^a   Worm, Boris ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; NEPHROPIDAE; WHALE;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHERIES; NEPHROPIDAE; WHALES;

CETACEA;

EID: 33845876233     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.11.045     Document Type: Letter

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