Size matters: Management of stress responses and chronic stress in beaked whales and other marine mammals may require larger exclusion zones

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 63, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 5-9

  Wright, Andrew J ^a,b   Deak, Terrence ^c   Parsons, E C M ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Conservation; Sanctuaries; Stress; Survivorship; Underwater noise

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; CHRONIC STRESS; CORONARY DISEASE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; MARINE MAMMALS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PROTECTED AREAS; PROTECTIVE MEASURES; SANCTUARIES; STRESS RESPONSE; SURVIVORSHIP; UNDERWATER NOISE;

CONSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

MAMMALS;

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVORSHIP; UNDERWATER NOISE; WHALE;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEPRESSION; ECHOLOCATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEARNING DISORDER; MARINE MAMMAL; NOISE; NONHUMAN; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STRESS MANAGEMENT; WHALE;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WHALES;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 79958773295     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.11.024     Document Type: Article

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