Vessel collisions with whales: The probability of lethal injury based on vessel speed

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 144-156

  Vanderlaan, Angelia S M ^a   Taggart, Christopher T ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Lethal injury; Logistic regression; Probability; Right whale; Vessel speed; Vessel strike; Whales

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; COLLISION; HISTORICAL RECORD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INJURY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; VESSEL; WHALE;

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS;

EID: 33846046954     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2006.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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