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The Impact of Vessels on Humpback Whale Behavior: The Benefit of Added Whale Watching Guidelines
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 The concurrent increase in marine tourism and vessel traffic around the world highlights the need for developing responsible whale watching guidelines. To determine the impact of vessel presence on humpback whale behaviors in Maui Nui, a land-based study
Jens J. Currie +4 more
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Whale Watching in the Pelagos Sanctuary: Status and Quality Assessment
Frontiers 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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The 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-watch vessel noise levels with applications to whale-watching guidelines and conservation
Marine 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
Frontiers 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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Frontiers 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
Frontiers 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
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Frontiers 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
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Cetaceans value and conservation in the Mediterranean Sea [PDF]
, 2015 This review provides an overview of the Mediterranean diversity and conservation status of cetaceans, and the value associated with their conservation and non-consumptive use. Mediterranean Sea is one of the world's diversity hotspots.
Mussi, B. +2 more
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Is it possible to go whale watching off the coast of Peru?: A case study of humpback whales
Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 2011 Whale watching is the human activity of encountering cetaceans in their natural habitat for recreational and scientific purposes. Despite the high diversity of cetaceans in Peruvian waters, this activity has yet to be developed.
Aldo S Pacheco +2 more
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