Humpback and blue whales are considered endangered and their populations were depleted by whaling throughout most of their range. Both
Photographic identification of humpback and blue whales was conducted along the US West Coast in 2008 for the primary purposes of
Recent management and conservation issues have arisen concerning false killer whales in Hawaiian waters. Two demographically isolated populations have been identified,
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have been measured in tissues of marine mammals since the mid 1960s (Holden and Marsden, 1967;
The biology and ecology of the pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) is poorly understood among odontocetes (McAlpine 2002). In Hawaiian
Studies of movement patterns and habitat use in cetaceans are often constrained by factors such as ship time, logistics, and
Recent evidence indicates that there is a small, demographically isolated, island-associated population of false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) around the
‘‘Southern Resident” killer whales (Orcinus orca) that comprise three fish-eating ‘‘pods” (J, K and L) were listed as ‘‘endangered” in