Probability and mitigation of vessel encounters with North Atlantic right whales

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-285

  Vanderlaan, Angelia S M ^a   Corbett, James J ^b   Green, Shannon L ^b   Callahan, John A ^b   Wang, Chengfeng ^b   Kenney, Robert D ^c   Taggart, Christopher T ^a   Firestone, Jeremy ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Encounter; Eubalaena glacialis; Mitigation; Mortality; Right whale; Routing; Ship; Strike; Vessel

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTIMATION METHOD; MITIGATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; VESSEL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; WHALE;

CAPE COD BAY; GREAT SOUTH CHANNEL; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS;

EID: 70450235801     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00176     Document Type: Article

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