Studying patterns in marine mammal stranding cases can provide insight into changes in population health, abundance, and distribution. Cetaceans along

Mass stranding events (MSEs) of beaked whales (BWs) were extremely rare prior to the 1960s but increased markedly after the

Recovery of cetacean carcasses provides data on levels of human-caused mortality, but represents only a minimum count of impacts. Counts of

This review considers the effect of anthropogenic sound on beaked whales². Two major conclusions are presented: (1) gas-bubble disease, induced

The biopsy – via dart, trocar or surgery –  is becoming the preferred protocol for sampling skin and blubber of many

The Northwest Region (NWR) Marine Mammal Stranding Network was created in the early 1980s to provide a consistent framework in which

Anthropogenic activities must be monitored to determine effects on marine mammal species, but the difficulty lies in how to measure

Evaluating impacts of human activities on marine ecosystems is difficult when effects occur out of plain sight. Oil spill severity