Field Measurements Reveal Exposure Risk to Microplastic Ingestion by Filter-Feeding Megafauna
Microparticles, such as microplastics and microfibers, are ubiquitous in marine food webs. Filter-feeding megafauna may be at extreme risk 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 species
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).
Abundance of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) Wintering in Central America and Southern Mexico From a One-Dimensional Spatial Capture-Recapture Model
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) off the U.S. West Coast are a mixture of whales from different Distinct Population Segments (DPSs)
Discriminating and Classifying Odontocete Echolocation Clicks in the Hawaiian Islands Using Machine Learning Methods
Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) has proven a powerful tool for the study of marine mammals, allowing for documentation of biologically
From Individual Responses to Population Effects: Integrating a Decade of Multidisciplinary Research on Blue Whales and Sonar
As ecosystems transform under climate change and expanding human activities, multidisciplinary integration of empirical research, conceptual frameworks and modelling methods
Scaling of Maneuvering Performance in Baleen Whales: Larger Whales Outperform Expectations
Despite their enormous size, whales make their living as voracious predators. To catch their much smaller, more maneuverable prey, they
Residency and Movement Patterns of Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) off O‘ahu and Maui Nui Carry Implications for Current Stock Boundaries
Accurate descriptions of population structure are critical to inform effective management of protected species. Here we present the results of
Cetacean Strandings in the US Pacific Northwest 2000-2019 Reveal Potential Linkages to Oceanographic Variability
Studying patterns in marine mammal stranding cases can provide insight into changes in population health, abundance, and distribution. Cetaceans along