Small Cetacean in a Human High-Use Area: Trends in Harbor Porpoise Abundance in the North Sea Over Two Decades

The North Sea is one of the most heavily used shelf regions worldwide with a diversity of human impacts, including shipping, pollution, fisheries, and offshore constructions. These stressors on the environment can have consequences for marine organisms, such as our study species, the harbor porpoise...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Marine Science
Main Authors:	Dominik A. Nachtsheim, Sacha Viquerat, Nadya C. Ramírez-Martínez, Bianca Unger, Ursula Siebert, Anita Gilles
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Subjects:	harbor porpoise North Sea monitoring Bayesian trend analysis marine mammal conservation biodiversity indicators
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.606609/full