Status of the world's baleen whales

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• Journal Title:
  Marine Mammal Science
• Personal Author:
  Thomas, Peter O. ; Reeves, Randall R. ; Brownell, Robert L.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SWFSC (Southwest Fisheries Science Center)
• Description:
  No global synthesis of the status of baleen whales has been published since the 2008 IUCN Red List assessments. Many populations remain at low numbers from historical commercial whaling, which had ceased for all but a few by 1989. Fishing gear entanglement and ship strikes are the most severe current threats. The acute and long-term effects of anthropogenic noise and the cumulative effects of multiple stressors are of concern but poorly understood. The looming consequences of climate
• Keywords:
  Aquatic Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics
• Source:
  Marine Mammal Science, 32(2), 682-734
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12281
• ISSN:
  0824-0469
• Format:
  PDF
• Publisher:
  Wiley
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Rights Statement:
  This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ed0011aa1f84357face4f0c6abfb5733af7b62be5ec294accb2fb0f5e1a2f5d6
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/54855/noaa_54855_DS1.pdf
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