Marine mammals - natural and anthropogenic influences

Global Environmental Change

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 167-174

  Bester, Marthán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Arctic; Cetaceans; Climate change; Disturbance; Environmental contaminants; Fisheries; Marine mammals; Otters; Pathogens; Pinnipeds; Polar bears; Sirenians

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008721447     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5784-4_40     Document Type: Chapter

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