Uncertain status of the northern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon ampullatus: Population fragmentation, legacy of whaling and current threats

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-61

  Whitehead, Hal ^a   Hooker, Sascha K ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic threat; Fisheries by catch; Northern bottlenose whale; Population structure; Ziphiidae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BYCATCH; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WHALE;

ATLANTIC COAST [CANADA]; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; CANADA; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORWAY;

HYPEROODON AMPULLATUS; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 84886751598     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00458     Document Type: Review

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