Effects of ship traffic on seabirds in offshore waters: Implications for marine conservation and spatial planning

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1851-1860

  Schwemmer, Philipp ^a   Mendel, Bettina ^a   Sonntag, Nicole ^a   Dierschke, Volker ^a   Garthe, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black throated Loon; Common Eider; Common Scoter; Distribution; Disturbance; German North Sea and Baltic Sea; Habitat loss; Long tailed Duck; Marine Special Protection Area; Red throated Loon; Shipping; White winged Scoter

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FISHING VESSEL; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITUATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SEABIRD; SHIPPING; SPATIAL PLANNING;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DUCKS AND GEESE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHIP; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; NORTH SEA; SHIPS; TRANSPORTATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GERMANY; NORTH SEA;

ANAS; AVES; GAVIA; GAVIA STELLATA; GAVIIDAE; MELANITTA; MELANITTA FUSCA; MELANITTA NIGRA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 79960367395     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0615.1     Document Type: Article

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