Global threats to pinnipeds

• Main Authors: Kovacs, Kit M, Aguilar, Alex, Aurioles Gamboa, David
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Marine Mammal Science 2012
• Subjects: Pinniped threat status; Ciencias marinas; Mace; Pacific; North Atlantic; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: http://www.repositoriodigital.ipn.mx/handle/123456789/12836

The 2008 IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) review of the status of the world’s mammals identified marine mammals (IUCN 2008) as disproportionally threatened and data poor compared to their terrestrial counterparts, and their status was noted as a particular concern (IUCN 2008, Ma...