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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 ...
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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.
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 Ecotourism focused on whales and dolphins has become a popular activity and an important source of revenue for many countries. Whale watching is vital to supporting conservation efforts and provides numerous benefits to local communities including ...
Arielle M. Amrein +9 more
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Energetic Effects of Whale-Watching Boats on Humpback Whales on a Breeding Ground
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Interactions between whale-watching boats and cetaceans can lead to changes in their behavior. From a management perspective, it is important to understand how this type of disturbance can be translated into physiological effects, such as changes in ...
Damian Villagra +4 more
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Quality of the Azores destination in the perspective of tourists [PDF]
, 2010 Tourism is a growing industry in the Autonomous Region of the Azores. However, little is known about how tourists evaluate this destination, something which certainly constitutes a shortcoming if one takes into consideration that this is a very ...
Couto, Gualter +3 more
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Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) behaviour in the presence of whale-watching vessels
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) are social animals that return to the same estuaries each summer season. The Western Hudson Bay belugas in the Churchill River estuary appear to be attracted to boats, resulting in whale-watching being a popular ...
Kristin H. Westdal +6 more
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Current perceptions and the need for a strategic plan for the whale watching industry in Mirissa, Sri Lanka [PDF]
African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2019 Marine mammal watching is a sub-category of wildlife tourism and has shown continual growth as a global industry. Sri Lanka is an island nation in the south of the Indian Ocean with one of the busiest whale watching industries.
T.G. Supun Lahiru Prakash +2 more
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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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Advanced Science, EarlyView.The study provides an extreme example of insect adaptation to highly toxic defenses of host plants, and investigates the complex strategies to resist carcinogenic aristolochic acids, including physical isolation, metabolic detoxification, and DNA repair.
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Modeling Fine-Scale Cetaceans’ Distributions in Oceanic Islands: Madeira Archipelago as a Case Study
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Species distributional estimates are an essential tool to improve and implement effective conservation and management measures. Nevertheless, obtaining accurate distributional estimates remains a challenge in many cases, especially when looking at the ...
Marc Fernandez +12 more
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