Ten guiding principles for the delineation of priority habitat for endangered small cetaceans

Marine Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 483-488

  Ross, Peter S ^a   Barlow, Jay ^b   Jefferson, Thomas A ^c   Hickie, Brendan E ^d   Lee, Tatiana ^a   MacFarquhar, Christina ^e   Christien Parsons, E ^f   Riehl, Kimberly N ^d   Rose, Naomi A ^g   Slooten, Elisabeth ^h   Tsai, Chia Yang ⁱ   Wang, John Y ^d,k   Wright, Andrew J ^j   Chu Yang, Shih ^k  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Clymene Enterprises   (United States)

^d TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Wild at Heart Legal Defense Association   (Taiwan)

^f GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g The Humane Society   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

ⁱ Changhua Environmental Protection Union   (Taiwan)

^j NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^k FormosaCetus Research and Conservation Group   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Cetaceans; Conservation; Endangered; Habitat; Marine mammals; Species at risk

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MARINE MAMMAL; MARINE POLICY; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79952105466     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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