Recovery strategy for the Offshore Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) in Canada .: En3-4/293-2018E-PDF
"Offshore Killer Whales face both anthropogenic and natural threats, limitations or vulnerabilities, including: reductions in prey availability; contaminant exposure from prey; spills of substances harmful to the marine environment; acute and chronic acoustic disturbance; physical disturbance; interactions with commercial fisheries and aquaculture; direct killing; climate change; disease agents; fixed dietary preferences and natural decreases in prey supply; inbreeding depression; tooth wear; and mass stranding or natural entrapment.The small population size and typically large groupings of Offshores makes the population particularly vulnerable to stochastic events"--Executive summary, p. iii.
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| Title | Recovery strategy for the Offshore Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) in Canada . |
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| Publication type | Monograph - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Digital text |
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| Description | vi, 56 p. |
| ISBN | 9780660272405 |
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