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Do ship strikes threaten the recovery of endangered eastern North Pacific blue whales?

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Monnahan, Cole C., Branch, Trevor A., Punt, André E. (2015): Do ship strikes threaten the recovery of endangered eastern North Pacific blue whales? Marine Mammal Science 31 (1): 279-297, DOI: 10.1111/mms.12157, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mms.12157

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