Journals publish on the web, albeit often behind a hard paywall. When one doesn't mention the the journal it appears in, the year or title of the study, and it

Journals publish on the web, albeit often behind a hard paywall. When one doesn't mention the the journal it appears in, the year or title of the study, and it doesn't appear in the list of many papers associated with the professor at Wikipedia a simple link would assist. You have to wonder if the choice not to link is obfuscatory, especially when several other discussions in the article are very carefully cherry picked - not mentioning a global ban on whaling for instance. Besides, it is the web, it is only courtesy to the reader link and cite. I think less of mainstream media who don't link to source or cherry pick. So I am certainly going to think less of someone who claims to be a scientist who doesn't bother, and question their motives just as strongly.