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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| Department/Agency | Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. |
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| Title | Recovery strategy for the Offshore Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) in Canada . |
| Series title | Species at Risk Act recovery strategy report series |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | The previous copy has been replaced at the department's request (2018/11/22). Issued also in French under title: Programme de rétablissement de l'épaulard du large (Orcinus orca) au Canada. Cover title. Includes bibliographic references. |
| Publishing information | [Ottawa] : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, c2018. |
| Description | vi, 56 p. |
| ISBN | 9780660272405 |
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| Subject terms | Endangered species Whales |