Increasing numbers of ship strikes in the Canary Islands: Proposals for immediate action to reduce risk of vessel-whale collisions

Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-138

  Manuel, Carrillo ^a   Ritter, Fabian ^b  

^a Maya ^*  (Spain)

^b MEER EV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canary islands; Cetaceans; Cuvier's beaked whale; Fast ferry traffic; Mediterranean sea; Mitigation; Northern hemisphere; Pygmy sperm whale; Ship strikes; Short finned pilot whale; Sperm whale

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLLISION; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRANDING; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; VESSEL; WHALE;

CANARY ISLANDS; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; GLOBICEPHALA MACRORHYNCHUS; KOGIA; KOGIA BREVICEPS; MYSTICETI; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE; ZIPHIIDAE; ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS;

EID: 79952639849     PISSN: 15610713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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