Context-Dependent Variability in Blue Whale Acoustic Behaviour.
Abstract Acoustic communication is an important aspect of reproductive, foraging and social behaviours for many marine species. Northeast Pacific blue
Body Flexibility Enhances Maneuverability in the World’s Largest Predator
Blue whales are often characterized as highly stable, open-ocean swimmers who sacrifice maneuverability for long-distance cruising performance. However, recent studies
Song of My People: Dialect Differences Among Sympatric Social Groups of Short-Finned Pilot Whales in Hawai’i
In many social species, acoustic dialects are used to differentiate among social groups within a local population. These acoustic dialects
Host-Derived Population Genomics Data Provides Insights into Bacterial and Diatom Composition of the Killer Whale Skin
Recent exploration into the interactions and relationship between hosts and their microbiota has revealed a connection between many aspects of
Spatiotemporal Patterns of Overlap Between Short-Finned Pilot Whales and the U.S. Pelagic Longline Fishery in the Mid-Atlantic Bight: An Assessment to Inform the Management of Fisheries Bycatch
Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) depredate pelagic longlines along the shelf break of the Mid-Atlantic Bight. The mortality and serious
Abundance Estimates for Management of Endangered False Killer Whales in the Main Hawaiian Islands
Effectively using the best available data to meet management mandates for endangered populations is a common conservation challenge. False killer
Odontocete studies on the Pacific Missile Range Facility in August 2017: satellite-tagging, photo-identification, and passive acoustic monitoring.
As part of a long-term U.S. Navy-funded marine mammal monitoring program, in August 2017 a combination of boat-based field effort
Conception, Fetal Growth, and Calving Seasonality of Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the Salish Sea Waters of Washington, USA, and Southern British Columbia, Canada
We evaluated harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)) strandings in the Salish Sea to determine calving seasonality (1980–2015). A total of