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Data Attribution

Recommended Citation of Blue Corridors Data in data visualisations

Palacios, D., Reisinger, R., Friedlaender, A., Zerbini, A., Preito, R., De Silva, M., Ferguson, S., Panigada, S., Lydersen, C., Vermuelen, E., Rosenbaum, H., Dulau, V., Herr, H., Constantine, R., Sironi, M., Sepúlveda, M., Falabella, V., Uhart, M., Coscarella, M., Andriolo, A., Schorr, G., Gonzalez, R., Willson, A., Willson, M.S., Carroll, E.,  Riekkola, L., Harcourt, R., Botero Acosta, N., Wilson, T., Vely, M., Saloma, A., Seakamela, M., Lesage, V., Panigada, V., Cerchio, S., Adam, A., Trudelle, L., Matthews, C.,  Lawson, J. and Andrews-Goff, V. (2025). Protecting Blue Corridors Dataset - bluecorridors.org

Citation for the global Protecting Blue Corridors report (2022), which forms the basis for the case studies and solutions presented

Johnson, C., Reisinger, R., Palacios, D., Friedlaender, A., Zerbini, A., Willson, A., Lancaster, M. , Battle, J., Graham, A., Cosandey-Godin, A., Jacob T., Felix, F., Grilly, E., Shahid, U., Houtman, N., Alberini, A., Montecinos, Y., Najera, E. and Kelez, S. (2022). Protecting Blue Corridors, Challenges and Solutions for Migratory Whales Navigating International and National Seas. WWF, Oregon State University, University of California, Santa Cruz, Publisher: WWF International, Switzerland.

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