Optimizing Automated Photo Identification for Population Assessments
Several legal acts mandate that management agencies regularly assess biological populations. For species with distinct markings, these assessments can be
Beaked Whales and El Niño: Evidence for ENSO Effects on Blainville’s Beaked and Goose-Beaked Whale Space Use in Hawaiian Waters
Large-scale climatic phenomena, like the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle, influence marine systems across the Pacific and beyond. The effects
False Killer Whales and Fisheries in Hawaiian Waters: Evidence from Mouthline and Dorsal Fin Injuries Reveal Ongoing and Repeated Interactions
Monitoring bycatch in fisheries is essential for effective conservation and fisheries sustainability. False killer whales Pseudorca crassidens in Hawaiian waters are known
Incorporating Telemetry Information into Capture-Recapture Analyses Improves Precision and Accuracy of Abundance Estimates Given Spatiotemporally Biased Recapture Effort
Natural populations that are rare, cryptic or inaccessible provide a monumental challenge to monitoring, as adequate data are extremely difficult
Utilizing Long-Term Opportunistic Sightings Records to Document Spatio-Temporal Shifts in Mysticete Presence and Use in the Central Salish Sea
The Salish Sea supports several baleen whale species, including humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae), gray (Eschrichtius robustus) and minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). With
Common Cetacean Species Misidentifications
This errata version corrects a species identification error in the original (removed by the authors and journal) publication, which incorrectly
Changes in Blue Whale Survival and Abundance in the Gulf of California
Understanding the drivers of population abundance and distribution is fundamental to ecology and key to informing conservation actions, particularly in
Development of Single-Pin, Un-Barbed, Pole-Tagging of Free-Swimming Dolphins and Sharks with Satellite-Linked Transmitters
Background To tag large marine vertebrates, without the need to catch them, avoiding using barbs for tag retention, and precisely
Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) Post-Mortem Findings from December 2018 through 2021 during the Unusual Mortality Event in the Eastern North Pacific
Beginning in December 2018, increased numbers of gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) strandings were reported along the west coast of Mexico,
Biologically Important Areas II for Cetaceans within U.S. and Adjacent Waters – West Coast Region
Here we update U.S. West Coast Biologically Important Areas (BIAs) that were published in 2015 using new data and approaches.