Risk of encounters between North Atlantic right whales and recreational vessel traffic in the southeastern United States

Collisions with and disturbance from watercraft represent significant threats to endangered North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis). Although several studies have investigated whale cooccurrence with commercial vessels, none has considered recreational vessels. We estimated an index betwee...

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Main Authors: Nancy L. Montes, Robert Swett, Timothy A. Gowan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2020-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol25/iss4/art12/