Concern about the effects of maritime vessel collisions with marine animals is increasing
worldwide. To date, most scientific publications on this topic have focused on the collisions …

Marine mammals are impacted by many anthropogenic activities and mitigating these
impacts requires knowledge about the geographic occurrence of threats. Here, we …

Marine mammals can play important ecological roles in aquatic ecosystems, and their
presence can be key to community structure and function. Consequently, marine mammals …

Shipping routes in the ocean are analogous to terrestrial roads, in that they are regularly
used thoroughfares that concentrate the movement of vessels between multiple locations …

We reviewed prominent emerging infectious diseases of cetaceans, examined their potential
to impact populations, re-assessed zoonotic risk and evaluated the role of environmental …

Collisions with vessels are a serious threat to a number of endangered large whale species,
the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) in particular. In late 2008, the US …

Marine recreational fishing (MRF) is a popular activity that involves millions of people
worldwide. While the impacts of recreational fishing on freshwater ecosystems received …

The manuscript assesses the current and expected future global drivers of Southern Ocean
(SO) ecosystems. Atmospheric ozone depletion over the Antarctic since the 1970s, has been …

Whaling has decimated North Atlantic right whales Eubalaena glacialis (NARW) since the
11 th century and southern right whales E. australis (SRW) since the 19 th century. Today …

Marine dredging is an excavation activity carried out worldwide by many industries. Concern
about the impact dredging has on marine life, including marine mammals (cetaceans …