doi:10.1155/2012/106282 Research Article Summary of Reported Whale-Vessel Collisions in Alaskan Waters
| Title: | doi:10.1155/2012/106282 Research Article Summary of Reported Whale-Vessel Collisions in Alaskan Waters |
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| Authors: | Janice M. Straley |
| Contributors: | The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| Source: | http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/protectedresources/whales/publications/2012_whalevesselcollisions.pdf. |
| Publication Year: | 2012 |
| Collection: | CiteSeerX |
| Description: | License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Here we summarize 108 reported whale-vessel collisions in Alaska from 1978–2011, of which 25 are known to have resulted in the whale’s death. We found 89 definite and 19 possible/probable strikes based on standard criteria we created for this study. Most strikes involved humpback whales (86%) with six other species documented. Small vessel strikes were most common ( |
| Document Type: | text |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| Relation: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.646.2023; http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/protectedresources/whales/publications/2012_whalevesselcollisions.pdf |
| Availability: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.646.2023; http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/protectedresources/whales/publications/2012_whalevesselcollisions.pdf |
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| Accession Number: | edsbas.4A0BDDDC |
| Database: | BASE |