Assessing the Risk of Ships Striking Large Whales in Marine Spatial Planning

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 292-302

  Redfern, J V ^a   McKenna, M F ^b   Moore, T J ^a   Calambokidis, J ^c   Deangelis, M L ^a   Becker, E A ^d   Barlow, J ^a   Forney, K A ^d   Fiedler, P C ^a   Chivers, S J ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Marine Mammal Commission   (United States)

^c Cascadia Research   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial shipping; Generalized additive models; Habitat modeling; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PROTECTED AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIPPING; SPATIAL PLANNING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; VESSEL; WHALE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; BALAENOPTERA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIN WHALE; HUMPBACK WHALE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; SHIP; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BALAENOPTERA; CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FIN WHALE; HUMPBACK WHALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SHIPS; TIME FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 84875504826     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12029     Document Type: Article

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