Abundance and distribution patterns of cetaceans and their overlap with vessel traffic in the Humboldt Current Ecosystem, Chile

Abstract The Humboldt Current Ecosystem (HCE) is one of the most productive marine ecosystems, sustaining one of the largest fishing industries in the world. Although several species of cetaceans are known to inhabit these productive waters, quantitative assessments of their abundance and distributi...

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Main Authors: Luis Bedriñana-Romano, Patricia M. Zarate, Rodrigo Hucke-Gaete, Francisco A. Viddi, Susannah J. Buchan, Ilia Cari, Ljubitza Clavijo, Robert Bello, Alexandre N. Zerbini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14465-7