Conflict of interest in research on anthropogenic noise and marine mammals: Does funding bias conclusions?

Marine Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 320-327

  Wade, Lucie ^a   Whitehead, Hal ^a   Weilgart, Linda ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bias; Conflict of interest; Marine mammals; Navy; Noise

Indexed keywords

DECISION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE MAMMAL; MARINE POLICY; NOISE; SONAR; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 70350012269     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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