A spatially explicit estimate of the prewhaling abundance of the endangered North Atlantic right whale

• Main Authors: /Monsarrat, Sophie, Pennino, M. G., Smith, T. D., Reeves, R. R., Meynard, C. N., Kaplan, D., Rodrigues, A. S. L.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Eubalaena; feeding grounds; generalized additive modeling; historical baseline; population size; whaling; areas de alimentacion; caza de ballenas; linea base historica; modelado aditivo; generalizado; tamano de poblacion; Eubalaena glacialis; Eubalaena japonica; Newfoundland; North Atlantic; North Atlantic right whale; Norwegian Sea
• Online Access: https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010067706

The North Atlantic right whale (NARW) (Eubalaena glacialis) is one of the world's most threatened whales. It came close to extinction after nearly a millennium of exploitation and currently persists as a population of only approximately 500 individuals. Setting appropriate conservation targets...