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Host-Derived Population Genomics Data Provides Insights into Bacterial and Diatom Composition of the Killer Whale Skin

Recent exploration into the interactions and relationship between hosts and their microbiota has revealed a connection between many aspects of

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Spatiotemporal Patterns of Overlap Between Short-Finned Pilot Whales and the U.S. Pelagic Longline Fishery in the Mid-Atlantic Bight: An Assessment to Inform the Management of Fisheries Bycatch

Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) depredate pelagic longlines along the shelf break of the Mid-Atlantic Bight. The mortality and serious

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Abundance Estimates for Management of Endangered False Killer Whales in the Main Hawaiian Islands

Effectively using the best available data to meet management mandates for endangered populations is a common conservation challenge. False killer

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Conception, Fetal Growth, and Calving Seasonality of Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the Salish Sea Waters of Washington, USA, and Southern British Columbia, Canada

We evaluated harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)) strandings in the Salish Sea to determine calving seasonality (1980–2015). A total of

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Spatio-Temporal Characterization of Pinniped Strandings and Human Interaction Cases in the Pacific Northwest, 1991-2016

Pinniped strandings can be used as a proxy to evaluate the impacts of anthropogenic activities on the local marine environment.

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Stomach Contents and Diel Diving Behavior of Melon-Headed Whales (Peponocephala electra) in Hawaiian Waters

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Individual Gray Whale Use of Coastal Waters off Northwest Washington During the Feeding Season 1984–2011: Implications for Management

Gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) in northwest Washington were studied, with the aims to: (1) increase understanding of gray whale use of

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Risso’s Dolphins Plan Foraging Dives

Humans remember the past and use that information to plan future actions. Lab experiments that test memory for the location

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Movement and Foraging Behavior of Short-Finned Pilot Whales in the Mid-Atlantic Bight: Importance of Bathymetric Features and Implications for Management

Shelf break systems are ecologically important regions of the ocean, and are often characterized by enhanced productivity and high densities

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Familial Social Structure and Socially Driven Genetic Differentiation in Hawaiian Short-Finned Pilot Whales

Social structure can have a significant impact on divergence and evolution within species, especially in the marine environment, which has

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