Cetacean abundance and distribution in European Atlantic shelf waters to inform conservation and management

S. Hammond, Philip; Macleod, Kelly; Berggren, Per; L. Borchers, David; Burt, Louise; Cañadas, Ana; Desportes, Geneviève; Donovan, Greg; Gilles, Anita; Gillespie, Douglas; Gordon, Jonathan; Hiby, Lex; Kuklik, I.; Leaper, Russell; Lehnert, Kristina; Leopold, M.F.; Lovell, Phil; Øien, Nils; G. M. Paxton, C.; Ridoux, Vincent; Rogan, Emer; I. P. Samarra, Filipa; Scheidat, Meike; Sequeira, Marina; Siebert, Ursula; Skov, Henrik; Swift, René; L. Tasker, Mark; Teilmann, Jonas; Van Canneyt, Olivier; Antonio Vázquez, José

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2013.04.010

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Cetacean abundance and distribution in European Atlantic shelf waters to inform conservation and management

Published in Biological Conservation • Jun 11, 2013

Authors:

Philip S. Hammond

Kelly Macleod

Per Berggren

Abstract

The European Union (EU) Habitats Directive requires Member States to monitor and maintain at favourable conservation status those species identified to be in need of protection, including all cetaceans. In July 2005 we surveyed the entire EU Atlantic continental shelf to generate robust estimates of...

Subject

Porpoise

Habitats Directive

Fishery

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