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Vessel Traffic/Shipping: 2008 Publications

Agness, A.M., Piatt, J.F., Ha, J.C., and VanBlaricom, G.R.  Effects of vessel activity on the near-shore ecology of Kittlitz's Murrelets (Brachyramphus brevirostris) in Glacier Bay, Alaska.  Auk 125(2): 346-353, 2008.

Campbell-Malone, R., Barco, S.G., Daoust, P.Y., Knowlton, A.R., McLellan, W.A., Rotstein, D.S., and Moore, M.J.  Gross and histologic evidence of sharp and blunt trauma in North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) killed by vessels.  Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 39(1): 37-55, 2008.

Carrera, M.L., Favaro, E.G.P., and Souto, A.  The response of marine tucuxis (Sotalia fluviatilis) towards tourist boats involves avoidance behaviour and a reduction in foraging.  Animal Welfare 17(2): 117-123, 2008.

Davidson, I.C., McCann, L.D., Fofonoff, P.W., Sytsma, M.D., and Ruiz, G.M.  The potential for hull-mediated species transfers by obsolete ships on their final voyages.  Diversity and Distributions 14(3): 518-529, 2008.

Elvin, S.S. and Taggart, C.T.  Right whales and vessels in Canadian waters.  Marine Policy 32(3): 379-386, 2008.

Engeman, R.M., Duquesnel, J.A., Cowan, E.M., Smith, H.T., Shwiff, S.A., and Karlin, M.  Assessing boat damage to seagrass bed habitat in a Florida park from a bioeconomics perspective.  Journal of Coastal Research 24(2): 527-532, 2008.

Fuglestvedt, J., Berntsen, T., Myhre, G., Rypdal, K., and Skeie, R.B.  Climate forcing from the transport sectors.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [USA] 105(2): 454-458, 2008.

Hopkins, G.A. and Forrest, B.M.  Management options for vessel hull fouling:  an overview of risks posed by in-water cleaning.  ICES Journal of Marine Science 65(5): 811-815, 2008.

Jensen, O.  Arctic shipping guidelines: towards a legal regime for navigation safety and environmental protection?  Polar Record 44(229): 107-114, 2008.

Lack, D., Lerner, B., Granier, C., Baynard, T., Lovejoy, E., Massoli, P., Ravishankara, A.R., and Williams, E.  Light absorbing carbon emissions from commercial shipping.  Geophysical Research Letters 35(13): art. L13815, 2008.

Mineur, F., Johnson, M.P., and Maggs, C.A.  Macroalgal introductions by hull fouling on recreational vessels:  Seaweeds and sailors.  Environmental Management 42(4): 667-676, 2008.

Stat, M. and Gates, R.D.  Vectored introductions of marine endosymbiotic dinoflagellates into Hawaii.  Biological Invasions 10(4): 579-583, 2008.

Tyack, P.L.  Implications for marine mammals of large-scale changes in the marine acoustic environment.  Journal of Mammalogy 89(3): 549-558, 2008.