Key research questions of global importance for cetacean conservation

Limited resources and increasing environmental concerns have prompted calls to identify the critical questions that most need to be answered to advance conservation, thereby providing an agenda for scientific research priorities. Cetaceans are often keystone indicator species but also high profile,...

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Main Authors: Parsons, E., Baulch, S., Bechshoft, T., Bellazzi, G., Bouchet, P., Cosentino, A., Godard-Codding, C., Gulland, F., Hoffmann-Kuhnt, M., Hoyt, E., Livermore, S., MacLeod, C., Matrai, E., Munger, L., Ochiai, M., Peyman, A., Recalde-Salas, A., Regnery, R., Rojas-Bracho, L., Salgado Kent, Chandra, Slooten, E., Wang, J., Wilson, S., Wright, A., Young, S., Zwamborn, E., Sutherland, W.
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Published: Inter-Research 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50327
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author Parsons, E.
Baulch, S.
Bechshoft, T.
Bellazzi, G.
Bouchet, P.
Cosentino, A.
Godard-Codding, C.
Gulland, F.
Hoffmann-Kuhnt, M.
Hoyt, E.
Livermore, S.
MacLeod, C.
Matrai, E.
Munger, L.
Ochiai, M.
Peyman, A.
Recalde-Salas, A.
Regnery, R.
Rojas-Bracho, L.
Salgado Kent, Chandra
Slooten, E.
Wang, J.
Wilson, S.
Wright, A.
Young, S.
Zwamborn, E.
Sutherland, W.
author_facet Parsons, E.
Baulch, S.
Bechshoft, T.
Bellazzi, G.
Bouchet, P.
Cosentino, A.
Godard-Codding, C.
Gulland, F.
Hoffmann-Kuhnt, M.
Hoyt, E.
Livermore, S.
MacLeod, C.
Matrai, E.
Munger, L.
Ochiai, M.
Peyman, A.
Recalde-Salas, A.
Regnery, R.
Rojas-Bracho, L.
Salgado Kent, Chandra
Slooten, E.
Wang, J.
Wilson, S.
Wright, A.
Young, S.
Zwamborn, E.
Sutherland, W.
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description Limited resources and increasing environmental concerns have prompted calls to identify the critical questions that most need to be answered to advance conservation, thereby providing an agenda for scientific research priorities. Cetaceans are often keystone indicator species but also high profile, charismatic flagship taxa that capture public and media attention as well as political interest. A dedicated workshop was held at the conference of the Society for Marine Mammalogy (December 2013, New Zealand) to identify where lack of data was hindering cetacean conservation and which questions need to be addressed most urgently. This paper summarizes 15 themes and component questions prioritized during the workshop. We hope this list will encourage cetacean conservation-orientated research and help agencies and policy makers to prioritize funding and future activities. This will ultimately remove some of the current obstacles to science-based cetacean conservation.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-503272017-09-13T15:43:54Z Key research questions of global importance for cetacean conservation Parsons, E. Baulch, S. Bechshoft, T. Bellazzi, G. Bouchet, P. Cosentino, A. Godard-Codding, C. Gulland, F. Hoffmann-Kuhnt, M. Hoyt, E. Livermore, S. MacLeod, C. Matrai, E. Munger, L. Ochiai, M. Peyman, A. Recalde-Salas, A. Regnery, R. Rojas-Bracho, L. Salgado Kent, Chandra Slooten, E. Wang, J. Wilson, S. Wright, A. Young, S. Zwamborn, E. Sutherland, W. Limited resources and increasing environmental concerns have prompted calls to identify the critical questions that most need to be answered to advance conservation, thereby providing an agenda for scientific research priorities. Cetaceans are often keystone indicator species but also high profile, charismatic flagship taxa that capture public and media attention as well as political interest. A dedicated workshop was held at the conference of the Society for Marine Mammalogy (December 2013, New Zealand) to identify where lack of data was hindering cetacean conservation and which questions need to be addressed most urgently. This paper summarizes 15 themes and component questions prioritized during the workshop. We hope this list will encourage cetacean conservation-orientated research and help agencies and policy makers to prioritize funding and future activities. This will ultimately remove some of the current obstacles to science-based cetacean conservation. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50327 10.3354/esr00655 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Inter-Research fulltext
spellingShingle Parsons, E.
Baulch, S.
Bechshoft, T.
Bellazzi, G.
Bouchet, P.
Cosentino, A.
Godard-Codding, C.
Gulland, F.
Hoffmann-Kuhnt, M.
Hoyt, E.
Livermore, S.
MacLeod, C.
Matrai, E.
Munger, L.
Ochiai, M.
Peyman, A.
Recalde-Salas, A.
Regnery, R.
Rojas-Bracho, L.
Salgado Kent, Chandra
Slooten, E.
Wang, J.
Wilson, S.
Wright, A.
Young, S.
Zwamborn, E.
Sutherland, W.
Key research questions of global importance for cetacean conservation
title Key research questions of global importance for cetacean conservation
title_full Key research questions of global importance for cetacean conservation
title_fullStr Key research questions of global importance for cetacean conservation
title_full_unstemmed Key research questions of global importance for cetacean conservation
title_short Key research questions of global importance for cetacean conservation
title_sort key research questions of global importance for cetacean conservation
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50327