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This website is a student initiative/assignment. We are not officially affiliated with the IUCN. However, we fully support and acknowledge the need to protect the blue whales and all other endangered species.

Works Cited


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"Balaenoptera musculus — Blue Whale."Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (SEWPaC). Australian Government, n.d. Web. 3 Dec. 2012. <http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=36#threat_class_summary>

"Conservation and management."International Whaling Commission. International Whaling Commission, n.d. Web. 8 Dec. 2012. <http://www.iwcoffice.org/conservation>

"Genetic survey of endangered Antarctic blue whales shows surprising diversity."Science Daily: News & Articles in Science, Health, Environment & Technology. ScienceDaily LLC , n.d. Web. 6 Dec. 2012. <http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120307184926.htm>

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"Noise pollution causing whales to lose hearing." New Zealand Herald [Auckland, New Zealand] 28 Sept. 2009: 7. Gale Science In Context. Web. 1 Dec. 2012. <http://ic.galegroup.com.ezproxy.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ic/scic/NewsDetailsPage/NewsDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=SCIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=News&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CA260155880&userGroupName=tplmain&jsid=25a993a4585ca9ef3970572b65c73c80>

Olsen, Erik. "Growing traffic in Sri Lanka's waters threatens blue whales." New York Times 3 July 2012: D3(L). Gale Science In Context. Web. 11 Dec. 2012.
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Schneider, Erin. "New songs for blue whales." Our Planet 15 Feb. 2010. Gale Science In Context. Web. 3 Dec. 2012. <http://ic.galegroup.com.ezproxy.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ic/scic/NewsDetailsPage/NewsDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=SCIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=News&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CA220560373&userGroupName=tplmain&jsid=7d696ffc9adfdb9733c624827ca93ac5>

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Venkataraman, Bina. "Whales' lower-pitch sound has experts guessing." New York Times 29 July 2008: F3(L). Gale Science In Context. Web. 6 Dec. 2012. <http://ic.galegroup.com.ezproxy.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ic/scic/NewsDetailsPage/NewsDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=SCIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=News&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CA182231987&userGroupName=tplmain&jsid=09ed85e54fb71bca327578f11184b384>.

"We owe it to our children to be stewards of the environment. The alternative? A world without whales."

-Pierce Brosnan