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Watching Whale Watching [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 1999
In this article, the authors develop a discourse analytic framework for examining the antecedents, dynamics, and outcomes of interorganizational collaboration. They argue that a framework based on a discursive understanding of collaboration can provide a coherent basis for understanding the dynamics of collaboration, the relation of collaboration to ...
Lawrence, TB, Phillips, N, Hardy, C
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Whale Watching in the Pelagos Sanctuary: Status and Quality Assessment

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2020
In 2001 Italy, France, and Principality of Monaco instituted a protected area for marine mammals in northwestern Mediterranean Sea, named the Pelagos Sanctuary.
Paola Tepsich   +5 more
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Whale-watch vessel noise levels with applications to whale-watching guidelines and conservation

open access: yesMarine Policy, 2021
The number and size of whale-watching and swim-with-cetacean vessels are increasing worldwide, but the noise impact on targeted species depends on vessel source characteristics, which remain largely unquantified. Here, we report the acoustic characteristics from 13 whale-watching vessels from Australia and Canary Islands.
Patricia Arranz   +3 more
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Challenges of Whale Watching and Swim With Dolphins in Mexico

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Mexico is one of the top 10 whale-watching destinations in the world. The target species for “whale watching” (WW) are the gray whale, blue whale, humpback whale, and fin whale; the target species for “swim with dolphins” (SWD) are the bottlenose dolphin,
R. Jorge Urbán, Lorena Viloria-Gómora
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Risso's dolphins alter daily resting pattern in response to whale watching at the Azores [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
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Hartman, Karin L.   +7 more
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Exposure to whale watching vessels affects dive ascents and resting behavior in sperm whales

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Disturbance from whale watching can induce a wide range of behavioral responses in cetaceans, some of which can affect their energetic balance and, ultimately, their long-term fitness.
Cláudia Oliveira   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) response to personal watercraft and motorized whale watching vessels in the Churchill River estuary

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2022
As interest in tourism and conservation grows worldwide, whale-watching has become a popular means of educating the public about wildlife conservation.
Emma L. Ausen   +4 more
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Humpback Whale Movements and Behavior in Response to Whale-Watching Vessels in Juneau, AK

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2019
The whale-watching industry in Juneau, Alaska relies primarily on the presence of North Pacific humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). To meet demands from the rapidly growing tourism industry, the number of whale-watching vessels in this region has ...
Alicia R. Schuler   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of climate change on sustainable management of gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) populations: Whale-watching and conservation [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Biological Sciences, 2013
Some pods of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) breed every winter at three lagoons along the Baja California Peninsula and then migrate to feeding grounds on the Bering and Chukchi Seas. The number of whales arriving to the lagoons fluctuates yearly
Salvadeo Christian J.   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Harnessing the Power of Social Media to Obtain Biodiversity Data About Cetaceans in a Poorly Monitored Area

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2021
The study and conservation of cetaceans benefit from systematic studies and non-systematic records about sightings and strandings. However, iEcology (internet ecology) was critical for numerous ecological studies and should be in the toolkit of cetacean ...
Pedro Morais   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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