Small-Boat Surveys and Satellite Tagging of Odontocetes on the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kaua’i, in August 2021
As part of the long-term United States (U.S.) Navy-funded Marine Species Monitoring Program, from 1-14 August 2021, a combination of
Integrating Remote Sensing Methods During Controlled Exposure Experiments to Quantify Group Responses of Dolphins to Navy Sonar
Human noise can be harmful to sound-centric marine mammals. Significant research has focused on characterizing behavioral responses of protected cetacean
Social Exploitation of Extensive, Ephemeral, Environmentally Controlled Prey Patches by Supergroups of Rorqual Whales
Large groups of animals aggregate around resource hotspots, with group size often influenced by the heterogeneity of the environment. In
Evaluation of Mexico Distinct Population Segment of Humpback Whales as Units Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act
The Guidelines for Preparing Stock Assessment Reports Pursuant to the 1994 Amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act specify that
Evaluation of Humpback Whales Wintering in Central America and Southern Mexico as a Demographically Independent Population
The Guidelines for Preparing Stock Assessment Reports Pursuant to the 1994 Amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act specify that
Advanced Image Recognition: A Fully Automated, High-Accuracy Photo-Identification Matching System for Humpback Whales
We describe the development and application of a new convolutional neural network-based photo-identification algorithm for individual humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
FY20 Summary Report on the Received Level Analysis of Satellite Tagged Odontocetes at the Pacific Missile Range Facility
This report summarizes the development and application of substantially upgraded analytical methods to quantify the movement and diving behavior of
Comparing Uncertainty Associated with 1-, 2-, and 3D Aerial Photogrammetry-Based Body Condition Measurements of Baleen Whales
Body condition is a crucial and indicative measure of an animal’s fitness, reflecting overall foraging success, habitat quality, and balance
Discrete-Space Continuous-Time Models of Marine Mammal Exposure to Navy Sonar
Assessing the patterns of wildlife attendance to specific areas is relevant across many fundamental and applied ecological studies, particularly when