Marine mammal monitoring in the Southwest Pacific State of Guerrero, Mexico
Marine mammal diversity, abundance and habitat use data are lacking in the southwestern Pacific state of Guerrero, Mexico. Aggressive behavior
Answers or more questions? Using high-throughput sequencing approaches to address the subspecies taxonomy of blue whales
The Marine Mammal Society’s Committee on Taxonomy currently recognizes five subspecies of blue whales: 1) the Northern hemisphere blue whale,
Resighting patterns and behavior of humpback whales sighted in a tropical breeding ground off Guatemala
Humpback whales use the waters off the Pacific coast of Central America as a breeding ground, a distinctive population segment
Living in a whale’s boundary layer: Swimming hydrodynamics of large vertebrates generate a low-drag ecological niche for commensal marine organisms
As a large animal swims, water is accelerated around the body and produces drag as a resistive force to locomotion.
Turning left to stay right: A unique test of lateralization across the full range of three-dimensional foraging maneuvers in blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus)
Prey-capture tactics and their associated kinematic processes are reinforced through repetition, outcome, and prey capture success. Lateralized prey capture behaviors
High mortality of blue, humpback and fin whales from vessel collisions on the U.S. West Coast suggests population impacts and insufficient protection
Mortality from collisions with vessels is one of the main human causes of death for large whales. Ship strikes are
Diving behavior of Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
Cuvier’s beaked whales make exceptionally long and deep dives to forage on bathypelagic prey. The species is of conservation concern
A predictive model and field test of interactions between short-finned pilot whales and a pelagic longline fishery
There is increasing recognition that, to be effective, fisheries management should incorporate spatial and temporal variation in the distribution of
Short-finned pilot whales exhibit two modes of foraging behavior along the East Coast of the United States
Little is known about movement patterns and spatial use of pelagic cetaceans in the western North Atlantic. To improve our understanding
Spatial overlap of short-finned pilot whales and pelagic longlines in the Mid-Atlantic Bight of the United States: Towards a spatiotemporal approach to reducing bycatch
Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) depredate pelagic longlines along the shelf break ecosystem of the Mid-Atlantic Bight (MAB). The mortality