Although the Ziphiidae are the second-most speciose family of cetaceans, information on beaked whale species and populations has been limited

‘‘Southern Resident’’ killer whales include three ‘‘pods’’ (J, K and L) that reside primarily in Puget Sound/Georgia Basin during the

Emerging infectious diseases are among the main threats to conservation of biological diversity. A crucial task facing epidemiologists is to

Organochlorine (OC) contaminant concentrations in tissues and lipid profiles in blubber are summarised for 101 gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) from

Despite the extensive use of photographic identification methods to investigate humpback whales in the North Pacific, few quantitative analyses have

This study documents the range, abundance and movements of a feeding aggregation of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) in the Pacific

In the first half of the twentieth century, harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi) numbers were severely reduced in Washington state

The wintering strategies of many species of bats in the Pacific Northwest are poorly understood (Barbour and Davis 1969; Kunz

False killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846)) are incidentally taken in the North Pacific pelagic long-line fishery, but little is

The harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) can serve as a useful indicator of food web contamination by persistent organic pollutants (POPs)