Research on Relationship between Marine Mammal Ecology and Human
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Human-Animal Interactions, Animal Behaviour and Emotion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 4636
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In modern times, global climate has rapidly increased seawater temperature across the world’s oceans. Additionally, marine mammals have changed their ecology in response to fishery stock changes in certain areas. They have wide habitats and migrate not only to hunt fish, but also to breed along the coastlines of many countries. Marine mammals encounter humans in inshore areas, which cause conflicts related mainly to fishery. Some human activities damaged the health of marine mammals. Cetaceans have had their breeding rituals disturbed by artificial noises mainly from ships. Recently, ecotourism in marine mammals has become widely popular, which encourages people to encroach on their habitats. All of these human activities affect not only the habitat range, but also the behavior and ecology of marine mammals. In this review, the human impact on marine mammal ecology will be discussed from a variety of perspectives. The current Special Issue welcomes original manuscripts addressing the relationships between marine mammal ecology and human activities; in particular, research that focuses on fishery–marine mammal conflicts, vessels and/or artificial noises, and ecotourism in the context of marine mammal conservation is desirable, although studies on the relationships between underwater environmental changes and marine mammal ecology are also of potential interest.
Prof. Dr. Takanori Kooriyama
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- marine mammals—dolphins, whales, sea lions, seals, polar bears
- artificial noises
- noise from boats and ships
- conflicts with fishery
- tourism
- ecotourism
- whale watching
- dolphin swim
- control/exterminate
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