Collateral damage to marine and terrestrial ecosystems from Yankee whaling in the 19th century

• Main Authors: Drew, Joshua Adam, Lopez, Elora H., Gill, Lucy, McKeon, Mallory, Miller, Nathan, Steinberg, Madeline, McClenachan, Loren, Shen, Christa
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Columbia University 2016
• Subjects: Whaling > Environmental aspects; Whales > Ecology; Marine ecology; Whaling; Conservation biology; Wildlife conservation; Ecology; FOS Biological sciences; Yankee; Odobenus rosmarus; walrus*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8dj5g4r; https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8DJ5G4R

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...