Anthropogenic Scarring in Long-term Photo-identification Records of Cook Inlet Beluga Whales, Delphinapterus leucas

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• Journal Title:
  Marine Fisheries Review
• Personal Author:
  McGuire, Tamara L. ; Stephens, Amber D. ; McClung, John R. ; Garner, Christopher ; Burek-Huntington, Kathleen A. ; Goertz, Caroline E. C. ; Shelden, Kim E. W. ; O’Corry-Crowe, Greg ; Boor, Gina K. Himes ; Wright, Bruce
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; AFSC (Alaska Fisheries Science Center)
• Description:
  Vessel strikes, entanglement, poaching, intentional harassment, and invasive research are among many possible threats to Alaska’s endangered Cook ; Inlet beluga whales (CIBW), Delphinapterus leucas, according to the Recovery Plan (NMFS1) for this population. Geographically and genetically ; isolated from other beluga populations around Alaska, the CIBW population is listed as an “endangered” Distinct Population Segment (DPS) by NOAA’s ; National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the Federal agency responsible for its protection.
• Source:
  Marine Fisheries Review, 82(3-4)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.7755/MFR.82.3-4.3
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Cook Inlet (Alaska)
• Rights Information:
  CC BY
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/29520/noaa_29520_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.66 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:cf50ab2975233c9194e84c0434d1089e56ced04b3bfaa321a1b9423baa0c6706