Essays about: "whale"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 essays containing the word whale.

1. 1. Monetary Value of a Player in GTA Online : Role of Inflation

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

   Author : Ivan Ivanik; [2023]
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   Abstract : This study investigates the monetary value of a player within the video game GTA Online, published by Rockstar in 2013. A survey was sent out to a subreddit called r/gtaonline where a sample of 171 respondents who play GTA Online were used and the results were analysed using an OLS regression. READ MORE

3. 2. Social-Ecological Resilience and Whale Conservation

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Sandra Wilbrink; [2023]
   Keywords : social-ecological resilience; international law; whale conservation; biodiversity protection;

   Abstract : Whale species face numerous man-made threats, such as pollution, whaling, climate change and whale-watching, that threaten their survival. International environmental law has several regulations in place that aim, either directly or indirectly, at conserving whales. READ MORE

4. 3. Making nets more acoustically visible : Floats as passive mitigation measures to reduce bycatch of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in gillnets

   University essay from SLU/Dept. Of Aquatic Resources

   Author : Frida Rosshagen; [2023]
   Keywords : toothed whales; harbour porpoise; Phocoena phocoena; incidental capture; bycatch; fisheries; fishing gear; ; gillnet; mitigation; reduction; low-cost; passive acoustic reflector; float;

   Abstract : Incidental capture in fishing gear is today affecting at least 112 marine mammal species worldwide and for many smaller toothed whale species (Odontocete), gillnets are considered to be the largest problem. Although some effective mitigation measures exists, these are often context specific and many might be hard to implement due to reasons such as high costs and maintenance. READ MORE

5. 4. Changes in cetacean presence and behavior in response to reduced marine traffic - the effects of a nationwide lockdown

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad

   Author : Lisa Falk Lindberg; Lindqvist Erika; [2022]
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   Abstract : Creating noise-pollution and other disturbances, marine traffic poses a great threat to marine mammals all over the world which may demonstrate through short- and long-term changes in behavior and distribution. The Covid-19 lockdown in 2020 provided a setting to study the effects of marine traffic on cetacean presence and interactive behavior. READ MORE

6. 5. The Politics of Porpoises – A Critical Assessment of the Biodiversity Conservation Efforts by the European Union within the Baltic Sea

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Tina Alexandra Döhring; [2022]
   Keywords : Baltic Sea; Conservation; Biodiversity; Harbor Porpoise; European Union; European Commission; Member States; Integration Theory; Case Study;

   Abstract : The Baltic Sea is a brackish body of water in the heart of Europe, and within it lives a small whale: the Baltic Sea harbor porpoise. However, this animal is becoming increasingly more endangered. Due to various man-made threats, less than 500 animals remain in the sea. READ MORE