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Guidelines for the treatment of marine mammals in field research
Author(s) -
Gales N. J.,
Bowen W. D.,
Johnston D. W.,
Kovacs K. M.,
Littnan C. L.,
Perrin W. F.,
Reynolds J. E.,
Thompson P. M.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
marine mammal science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.723
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1748-7692
pISSN - 0824-0469
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00279.x
Subject(s) - field (mathematics) , geography , biology , zoology , ecology , fishery , mathematics , pure mathematics
The guidelines provided here are intended to reflect internationally acceptable and scientifically valid approaches to the handling and treatment of marine mammals in field research that are supported by the Society for Marine Mammalogy. As far as possible, the guidelines represent the ethical standards of the international marine mammal scientific community and define the values that characterise researchers belonging to a responsible professional society. These guidelines are to be an invaluable resource for researchers and Animal Ethics Committees throughout the world. They are included below in plain text, but are also available as a PDF here.