Approved keywords

The IWC approved list of keywords for Scientific Publications

Keywords	Standard styles required for all scientific papers
Categories:	BEHAVIOUR, ENVIRONMENT, EXPLOITATION
	FEEDING, GEOGRAPHY, HEALTH
	MANAGEMENT, PHYSIOLOGY, POPULATION ASSESSMENT
	POPULATION PARAMETERS, STOCK ID, TECHNIQUES
	REPRODUCTION

KEYWORDS

Please choose Keywords for your paper from the following lists. They are not mutually exclusive and you may choose from more than one category of course. They have been listed very roughly by topic. Note that some keywords can appear in more than one category (e.g. trends can be relevant to life history parameters, population size etc.).

Species names should be the common names from the approved IWC list.

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BEHAVIOUR	ENVIRONMENT	EXPLOITATION
AGGRESSION COMMUNICATION COMPETITION DISPLAY DIURNAL DIVING ECHOLOCATION FEEDING PREDATION REPRODUCTION SOCIAL STRESS TERRITORIALITY VOCALISATION LONG-TERM CHANGE SHORT-TERM CHANGE	CLIMATE CHANGE EL NINO ECOSYSTEM POLLUTANTS HEAVY METALS ORGANOCHLORINES RADIOACTIVITY EPIZOOTIC HABITAT NOISE DEBRIS MONITORING OCEANOGRAPHY ICE TRENDS	DIRECT CAPTURE EFFORT FISHERIES GILLNETS INCIDENTAL CATCHES LIVE-CAPTURE/CAPTIVITY PURSE-SEINES SHIP STRIKES STATISTICS TRAWLS WHALING - ABORIGINAL WHALING - HISTORICAL WHALING - ILLEGAL WHALING - MODERN WHALING - REVISED CATCHES WHALING - SMALL TYPE
FEEDING	GEOGRAPHY	HEALTH
CEPHALOPODS COPEPODS ENERGETICS EUPHAUSIIDS FEEDING GROUNDS FISH FOOD/PREY INVERTEBRATES GENERAL PATCHES SQUID	ANTARCTIC ARCTIC NORTHERN HEMISPHERE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE AFRICA ASIA AUSTRALASIA EUROPE NORTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA ARCTIC OCEAN ATLANTIC OCEAN INDIAN OCEAN PACIFIC OCEAN SOUTHERN OCEAN [Names of seas where appropriate]	DISEASE ENDOPARASITES ECTOPARASITES EPIZOOTIC POLLUTANTS HEAVY METALS ORGANOCHLORINES RADIOACTIVITY STRANDINGS
MANAGEMENT	PHYSIOLOGY	POPULATION ASSESSMENT
CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PROCEDURE MODELLING MORATORIUM REGULATIONS SANCTUARIES SCIENTIFIC PERMITS SOWER SUSTAINABILITY WHALEWATCHING	ENERGETICS HEARING METABOLISM NUTRITION RESPIRATION SMELL TOUCH VISION	ABUNDANCE ESTIMATE CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT g(0) INCIDENTAL SIGHTINGS INDEX OF ABUNDANCE MARK-RECAPTURE MONITORING SCHOOL SIZE SURVEY - ACOUSTIC SURVEY - AERIAL SURVEY - COMBINED SURVEY - SHORE-BASED SURVEY - VESSEL TRENDS
POPULATION PARAMETERS	STOCK IDENTITY	TECHNIQUES
AGE DISTRIBUTION BIRTH RATE GROWTH MATURATION RATE MODELLING MORTALITY RATE MSY RATE PREGNANCY RATE RECRUITMENT RATE REPRODUCTION SEX RATIO SURVIVORSHIP TRENDS	BREEDING GROUNDS COLOURATION DISTRIBUTION EVOLUTION FEEDING GROUNDS GENETICS MIGRATION MORPHOMETRICS MOVEMENTS POLLUTANT BURDEN SITE FIDELITY TAXONOMY	ACOUSTICS AGE DETERMINATION BIOCHEMISTRY BIOMARKERS BIOPSY SAMPLING DNA FINGERPRINTING GENETICS HISTOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY ISOZYME ANALYSIS MARKING MODELLING PHOTOGRAMMETRY PHOTO-ID RADIO-TAGGING SAMPLING STRATEGY SATELLITE TAGGING TELEMETRY
REPRODUCTION
AGE AT SEXUAL MATURITY HORMONES LACTATION OVULATION PARTURITION PREGNANCY SEASONALITY SEGREGATION