Marine mammal strandings and environmental changes: a 15-year study in the St. Lawrence ecosystem.

Marine mammal strandings and environmental changes: a 15-year study in the St. Lawrence ecosystem.

Understanding the effects of climatic variability on marine mammals is challenging due to the complexity of ecological interactions. We used general linear models to analyze a 15-year database documenting marine mammal strandings (1994-2008; n = 1,193) and nine environmental parameters known to affe...

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Main Authors: Marie-Hélène Truchon, Lena Measures, Vincent L'Hérault, Jean-Claude Brêthes, Peter S Galbraith, Michel Harvey, Sylvie Lessard, Michel Starr, Nicolas Lecomte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3609766?pdf=render

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