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

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Drew, Joshua, López, Elora H., Gill, Lucy, McKeon, Mallory, Miller, Nathan, Steinberg, Madeline, Shen, Christa, McClenachan, Loren
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
• Subjects: Original Research; Yankee; Odobenus rosmarus; walrus*
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5108269/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27878087; https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2542

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...