Large groups of animals aggregate around resource hotspots, with group size often influenced by the heterogeneity of the environment. In
Despite efforts to aid recovery, Eastern North Pacific blue whales faces numerous anthropogenic threats. These include behavioral disturbances and noise
The biology of the blue whale has long fascinated physiologists because of the animal’s extreme size. Despite high energetic demands
The desire of animal behaviorists for more fexible methods of conducting inter-study and inter-specifc comparisons and meta-analysis of various animal
Tags have been used to examine migration routes and habitat use of large whales for >40 yr, however, evaluation of
Rorqual whales exhibit an extreme lunge filter-feeding strategy characterized by acceleration to high speed and engulfment of a large volume
The satellite-acquired locations of 10 blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) tagged off southern California with Argos radio tags were used to
We assessed the behavioral context of calls produced by blue whales Balaenoptera musculus off the California coast based on acoustic,
The relationship between blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) visual and acoustic encounter rates was quantitatively evaluated using hourly counts of detected
We estimated humpback and blue whale abundance from 1991 to 1997 off the west coast of the U.S. and Mexico