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Migratory destinations of humpback whales that feed along the US West Coast: Implications for management under the newly recognized Distinct Population Segments

The status of humpback whale populations under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA) was changed recently to remove the species-level

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Common dolphins in Washington State waters: An increase in sightings and strandings

Common dolphins (Delphinus sp.), specifically long-beaked common dolphins, typically inhabit warmer temperate waters and are not usually present north of California;

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Intra and inter-species interactions among humpback whales in Monterey Bay: Competition and not just cooperation

Animal-borne video tags have been successfully used to observe the feeding behavior of free-ranging animals. While previous use of these

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Factors associated with unusually strong responses to mid-frequency active sonar in Cuvier’s beaked whales

A recent study combined a large sample of behavioral data from 16 satellite-tagged Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) with concurrent

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Development of robust large whale satellite tags improves tag performance and reduces animal welfare problems

The use of satellite transmitters has yielded important information to better understand cetacean habitat use and to improve conservation and

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Controlled exposure experiments with full-scale military mid-frequency sonars in four cetacean species

Marine mammal strandings associated with specific mid-frequency active sonar (MFAS) systems have driven much of the awareness, research, and regulatory

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Reproductive endocrine profiles in blue whales from the Eastern North Pacific Ocean

The goal of this project is to define progesterone profiles for different reproductive states in blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) from the Eastern

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A new web-based platform for ongoing large-scale photo ID linkage study of North Pacific humpback whales

Happywhale enables wide area cooperation by integrating automation and crowd sourcing to deliver swift, laborsaving fluke ID recognition. Photo ID

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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

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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,

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