Data_Sheet_1_Modeling Whale Deaths From Vessel Strikes to Reduce the Risk of Fatality to Endangered Whales.pdf

• Main Authors: R. Cotton Rockwood, Jeffrey D. Adams, Sean Hastings, Jessica Morten, Jaime Jahncke
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Oceanography; Marine Biology; Marine Geoscience; Biological Oceanography; Chemical Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Marine Engineering; ship strikes; blue whale; humpback whale; fin whale; encounter model; speed restriction; shipping; Lanes; Pacific; Blue whale; Fin whale; Humpback Whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.649890.s001; https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Data_Sheet_1_Modeling_Whale_Deaths_From_Vessel_Strikes_to_Reduce_the_Risk_of_Fatality_to_Endangered_Whales_pdf/15042087

Vessel strikes have been documented around the world and frequently figure as a top human cause of large whale mortality. The shipping lanes in the Santa Barbara Channel, California and nearby waters have some of the highest predicted whale mortality from vessel strikes in the United States waters o...