Response of southern right whales to simulated swim‐with‐whale tourism at Península Valdés, Argentina

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Lundquist, David, Sironi, Mariano, Würsig, Bernd, Rowntree, Victoria, Martino, Julieta, Lundquist, Lesley
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2012
• Subjects: Argentina; Chubut; Southern Right Whale
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00583.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1748-7692.2012.00583.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00583.x

Abstract Guidelines for sustainable tourism involving swimming with large whales are not well‐developed compared to those focused on programs of swimming with delphinids. From September to November 2005 and August to September 2006, we collected behavioral and movement data for southern right whales...