Status of the world's baleen whales

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 682-734

  Thomas, Peter O ^a   Reeves, Randall R ^a,b   Brownell, Robert L ^c  

^a Marine Mammal Commission   (United States)

^b Okapi Wildlife Associates Canada   (Canada)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

IUCN; Anthropogenic noise; Baleen whales; Blue whales; Bycatch; Cetaceans; Climate change; Endangered species; Entanglement; Ocean acidification; Red List; Ship strike; Status; Whaling

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; BYCATCH; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHING GEAR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NOISE; RED LIST; SUBPOPULATION; SUBSPECIES; WHALE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BARENTS SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF OKHOTSK; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; EUBALAENA JAPONICA; MEGAPTERA; MYSTICETI;

EID: 84963646058     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mms.12281     Document Type: Article

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