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- Title
Absolute probability estimates of lethal vessel strikes to North Atlantic right whales in Roseway Basin, Scotian Shelf.
- Authors
VAN DER HOOP, JULIE M.; VANDERLAAN, ANGELIA S. M.; TAGGART, CHRISTOPHER T.
- Abstract
The article informs about the main cause behind the mortality of endangered North Atlantic right whales. It mentions that vessel strikes are considered as the main source behind their mortality. It also states multi-institutional efforts to reduce mortality which includes vessel-routing amendments such as the International Maritime Organization voluntary "area to be avoided" (ATBA) in the Roseway Basin right whale feeding habitat on the southwestern Scotian Shelf.
- Subjects
NORTH Atlantic Region; MAMMAL mortality; RIGHT whales; ENDANGERED species; COLLISIONS at sea; SCOTIAN Shelf
- Publication
Ecological Applications, 2012, Vol 22, Issue 7, p2021
- ISSN
1051-0761
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1890/11-1841.1