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<DIV class=journal-title>Nature</DIV>
<DIV class=volume>Volume: 497<SPAN>, </SPAN>Page: 317</DIV>
<DIV class=volume>Published online 15 May 2013 </TIME></DIV>
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<DIV class=article-heading><FONT size=4>Whales: No mass strandings since sonar
ban</FONT></DIV>
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jQuery17207777958323763906="41"><SPAN class=fn>Antonio Fernández</SPAN></A><SPAN
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href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v497/n7449/full/497317d.html#a1">1</A></SUP>
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jQuery17207777958323763906="42"><SPAN class=fn>Manuel Arbelo</SPAN></A><SUP><A
href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v497/n7449/full/497317d.html#a1">1</A></SUP>
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jQuery17207777958323763906="43"><SPAN class=fn>Vidal Martín</SPAN></A><SUP><A
href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v497/n7449/full/497317d.html#a2">2</A></SUP> </DIV>
<DIV class="vcard c1" nodeIndex="1">1 University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,
Spain.2 Society of Cetacean Studies in Canary Islands (SECAC), Lanzarote,
Spain.</DIV>
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jQuery1720811268163406725="12">Corresponding author</A></DIV>
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<P>Prompt political action may have resulted in a remarkable conservation
success for whales and dolphins. The Canary Islands used to be a hotspot for
mass strandings, but there have been no mass beachings since the Spanish
government imposed a moratorium on naval exercises in these waters in 2004.</P>
<P>Naval sonar operations…</P></DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>