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: | Janet L. Neilson; Christine M. Gabriele; Aleria S. Jensen; Kaili Jackson; Janice M. Straley |
| Contributors: | The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| Source: | http://stellersealions.noaa.gov/protectedresources/whales/humpback/reports/whalecollisions_neilsonetal2012.pdf. |
| Publication Year: | 2012 |
| Collection: | CiteSeerX |
| Description: | Copyright © 2012 Janet L. Neilson et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 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=10.1.1.259.8563; http://stellersealions.noaa.gov/protectedresources/whales/humpback/reports/whalecollisions_neilsonetal2012.pdf |
| Availability: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.259.8563; http://stellersealions.noaa.gov/protectedresources/whales/humpback/reports/whalecollisions_neilsonetal2012.pdf |
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| Accession Number: | edsbas.947A8DCC |
| Database: | BASE |