Potential for spatial displacement of Cook Inlet beluga whales by anthropogenic noise in critical habitat
The population of beluga whales in Cook Inlet, Alaska, USA, declined by nearly half in the mid-1990s, primarily from an unsustainable harvest, and was listed as endangered in 2008. In 2014, abundance was ~340 whales, and the population trend during 1999-2014 was -1.3% yr-1. Cook Inlet beluga whales...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Inter-Research
2017-02-01
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| Series: | Endangered Species Research |
| Online Access: | https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v32/p43-57/ |