Acoustic quality of critical habitats for three threatened whale populations

Animal Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 174-185

  Williams, R ^a,b   Clark, C W ^c   Ponirakis, D ^c   Ashe, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b OCEANS INITIATIVE   (United States)

^c Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical habitat; Marine mammal; Marine spatial planning; Noise; Stressor; Whale

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE MAMMAL; MARINE POLICY; NOISE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL PLANNING; WHALE;

CANADA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MYSTICETI; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 84898054924     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acv.12076     Document Type: Article

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