Striking the right balance in right whale conservation

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1399-1403

  Schick, Robert S ^a   Halpin, Patrick N ^a,b   Read, Andrew J ^b   Slay, Christopher K ^c   Kraus, Scott D ^d   Mate, Bruce R ^e   Baumgartner, Mark F ^f   Roberts, J Jason ^a   Best, Benjamin D ^a   Good, Caroline P ^a,b   Loarie, Scott R ^g   Clark, James S ^a,h  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Coastwise Consulting ^*  (United States)

^d Edgerton Research Laboratory   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^g GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WHALE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS;

EID: 70349617233     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-115     Document Type: Article

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