14.3 Threat: Transportation and service corridors

14.3.1 Shipping lanes Likely to be beneficial Set and enforce vessel speed limits Two studies evaluated the effects on marine and freshwater mammals of setting and enforcing vessel speed limits. One study was in the Indian River estuarine system (USA) and the other in the North Atlantic Ocean (USA)....

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Other Authors: Sutherland, William Junior, Dicks, Lynn V., Petrovan, Silviu O., Smith, Rebecca K.
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Open Book Publishers 2022
Subjects:
practical intervention
farmland
soil fertility
conservation
environment
forest
environmental study
amphibian
bat
bird
invasive specie
Environmental Studies
SCI000000
SCI016000
PD
PNT
Indian
Lanes
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://books.openedition.org/obp/25310
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Summary:14.3.1 Shipping lanes Likely to be beneficial Set and enforce vessel speed limits Two studies evaluated the effects on marine and freshwater mammals of setting and enforcing vessel speed limits. One study was in the Indian River estuarine system (USA) and the other in the North Atlantic Ocean (USA). COMMUNITY RESPONSE (0 STUDIES) POPULATION RESPONSE (2 STUDIES) Survival (2 studies): One before-and-after study in the Indian River estuarine system found similar numbers of manatee deaths before.

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