Behavioural responses of killer whales to whale-watching : opportunistic observations and experimental approaches

Johnstone Strait provides important summer habitat for British Columbia's northern resident killer whales (Orcinus orca). The site is also an active whale-watching area. A voluntary code of conduct recommends that boaters do not approach whales closer than 100 m to address perceived, rather...

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Main Author: Williams, Robert Michael
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/9146