Collateral damage to marine and terrestrial ecosystems from Yankee whaling in the 19th century ...
Yankee whalers of the 19th century had major impacts on populations of large whales, but these leviathans were not the only taxa targeted. Here, we describe the “collateral damage,” the opportunistic or targeted taking of nongreat whale species by the American whaling industry. Using data from 5,064...
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ftdatacite:10.7916/d8dj5g4r 2024-10-20T14:11:07+00:00 Collateral damage to marine and terrestrial ecosystems from Yankee whaling in the 19th century ... Drew, Joshua Adam Lopez, Elora H. Gill, Lucy McKeon, Mallory Miller, Nathan Steinberg, Madeline McClenachan, Loren Shen, Christa 2016 https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8dj5g4r https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8DJ5G4R unknown Columbia University https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2542 Whaling--Environmental aspects Whales--Ecology Marine ecology Whaling Conservation biology Wildlife conservation Ecology FOS: Biological sciences Text article-journal Articles ScholarlyArticle 2016 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.7916/d8dj5g4r10.1002/ece3.2542 2024-10-01T11:38:05Z Yankee whalers of the 19th century had major impacts on populations of large whales, but these leviathans were not the only taxa targeted. Here, we describe the “collateral damage,” the opportunistic or targeted taking of nongreat whale species by the American whaling industry. Using data from 5,064 records from 79 whaling logs occurring between 1840 and 1901, we show that Yankee whalers captured 5,255 animals across three large ocean basins from 32 different taxonomic categories, including a wide range of marine and terrestrial species. The taxa with the greatest number of individuals captured were walruses (Odobenus rosmarus), ducks (family Anatidae), and cod (Gadus sp.). By biomass, the most captured species were walruses, grampus (a poorly defined group within Odontoceti), and seals (family Otariidae). The whalers captured over 2.4 million kg of nongreat whale meat equaling approximately 34 kg of meat per ship per day at sea. The species and areas targeted shifted over time in response to ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Odobenus rosmarus walrus* DataCite Yankee ENVELOPE(-59.769,-59.769,-62.526,-62.526) |
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Whaling--Environmental aspects Whales--Ecology Marine ecology Whaling Conservation biology Wildlife conservation Ecology FOS: Biological sciences Drew, Joshua Adam Lopez, Elora H. Gill, Lucy McKeon, Mallory Miller, Nathan Steinberg, Madeline McClenachan, Loren Shen, Christa Collateral damage to marine and terrestrial ecosystems from Yankee whaling in the 19th century ... |
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Yankee whalers of the 19th century had major impacts on populations of large whales, but these leviathans were not the only taxa targeted. Here, we describe the “collateral damage,” the opportunistic or targeted taking of nongreat whale species by the American whaling industry. Using data from 5,064 records from 79 whaling logs occurring between 1840 and 1901, we show that Yankee whalers captured 5,255 animals across three large ocean basins from 32 different taxonomic categories, including a wide range of marine and terrestrial species. The taxa with the greatest number of individuals captured were walruses (Odobenus rosmarus), ducks (family Anatidae), and cod (Gadus sp.). By biomass, the most captured species were walruses, grampus (a poorly defined group within Odontoceti), and seals (family Otariidae). The whalers captured over 2.4 million kg of nongreat whale meat equaling approximately 34 kg of meat per ship per day at sea. The species and areas targeted shifted over time in response to ... |
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Drew, Joshua Adam Lopez, Elora H. Gill, Lucy McKeon, Mallory Miller, Nathan Steinberg, Madeline McClenachan, Loren Shen, Christa |
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Drew, Joshua Adam Lopez, Elora H. Gill, Lucy McKeon, Mallory Miller, Nathan Steinberg, Madeline McClenachan, Loren Shen, Christa |
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Collateral damage to marine and terrestrial ecosystems from Yankee whaling in the 19th century ... |
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Collateral damage to marine and terrestrial ecosystems from Yankee whaling in the 19th century ... |
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Collateral damage to marine and terrestrial ecosystems from Yankee whaling in the 19th century ... |
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