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Protected Species Research Publications - Abundance and Distribution
These publications focus on the the number of individuals and/or density, and where individuals, populations, or species occur geographically.
Becker et al. 2016. Moving towards dynamic ocean management: how well do modeled ocean products predict species distributions? Remote Sensing
Bradford et al. 2016. Abundance estimates of cetaceans from a line-transect survey within the U.S. Hawaiian Islands Exclusive Economic Zone. Fishery Bulletin
Cise et al. 2016. Redrawing the map: mtDNA provides new insights into the distribution and diversity of short-finned pilot whales in the Pacific Ocean. Marine Mammal Science
Jorgensen et al. 2016. Assessing spatial covariance among time series of abundance. Ecology and Evolution
McClatchie et al. 2016. Food limitation of sea lion pups and the decline of forage off central and southern California. Royal Society Open Science
Miller et al. 2016. Decadal comparison of a diminishing coral community: a case study using demographics to advance inferences of community status. PeerJ
Nadeem et al. 2016. Integrating population dynamics models and distance sampling data: a spatial hierarchical state-space approach. Ecology
Pugliares et al. 2016. First records of the short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) in Massachusetts, USA: 1980 and 2011. Aquatic Mammals
Roberts et al. 2016. Habitat-based cetacean density models for the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Scientific Reports
Rosel et al. 2016. First record of Antarctic minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis, in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Biodiversity Records
Sather et al. 2016. Shallow tidal freshwater habitats of the Columbia River: spatial and temporal variability of fish communities and density, size, and genetic stock composition of juvenile Chinook Salmon. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
Sinclair et al. 2016. Extended movements of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) along the northern Gulf of Mexico's central coast. Gulf of Mexico Science
2017
Becker et al. 2017. Habitat-based density models for three cetacean species off Southern California illustrate pronounced seasonal differences. Frontiers in Marine Science
Boyd et al. 2017. Estimation of population size and trends for highly mobile species with dynamic spatial distributions.Diversity and Distributions
Davis et al. 2017. Long-term passive acoustic recordings track the changing distribution of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) from 2004 to 2014. Scientific Reports
Holst et al. 2017. Cetacean sightings and acoustic detections during a seismic survey off Nicaragua and Costa Rica, November-December 2004. International Journal of Tropical Biology
Pace et al. 2017. State-space mark-recapture estimates reveal a recent decline in abundance of North Atlantic right whales. Ecology and Evolution
Redfern et al. 2017. Predicting cetacean distributions in data-poor marine ecosystems. Biodiversity Research
Roden et al. 2017. Genetic fingerprinting reveals natal origins of male leatherback turtles encountered in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Marine Biology
Avens and Dell’Amico. 2018. Evaluating viability of sea turtle foraging populations at high latitudes: age and growth of juveniles along the French Atlantic coast. Endangered Species Research
Becker et al. 2018. Predicting cetacean abundance and distribution in a changing climate.Diversity and Distributions
Braun McNeill et al. 2018. Trends in fishery-dependent captures of sea turtles in a western North Atlantic foraging region. Endangered Species Research
Chivers et al. 2018. Reproduction and morphology of Central American and Tres Marias spinner dolphins in the eastern tropical Pacific.Marine Mammal Science
Fiedler et al. 2018. Prediction of large whale distributions: a comparison of presence–absence and presence-only modeling techniques. Frontiers in Marine Science
Fleming et al. 2018. Combining acoustic and visual detections in habitat models of Dall’s porpoise. Ecological Modelling
Friedman et al. 2018. Environmental and geographic relationships among salmon forage assemblages along the continental shelf of the California Current. Marine Ecology Progress Series
Hill et al. 2018. Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) of the Mariana Archipelago: individual affiliations, movements, and spatial use.Marine Mammal Science
Murakawa and Stover 2018. Impact of exceptional growth rates on estimations of life-stage duration in Hawaiian green sea turtles. Endangered Species Research
Oppel et al. 2018. Spatial scales of marine conservation management for breeding seabirds.Marine Policy
Pitman et al. 2018. Abundance and population status of Ross Sea killer whales (Orcinus orca, type C) in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica: evidence for impact by commercial fishing?Polar Biology
Stewart et al. 2018. Using mixed stock analysis to assess source populations for at‐sea bycaught juvenile and adult loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in the north‐west Atlantic.Fish and Fisheries
2019
Baylis et al. 2019. Re-evaluating the population size of South American fur seals in the Atlantic and conservation techniques. Aquatic Conservation
Becker et al. 2019.Densities and drivers of sea turtle populations across Pacific coral reef ecosystems.PLoS ONE
Brame et al. 2019. Biology, ecology, and status of the smalltooth sawfish, Pristis pectinata, in the USA.Endangered Species Research
Hager et al. 2019. Comparing abundance estimates from closed population mark-recapture models of endangered adult Atlantic sturgeon. Endangered Species Research
Hetherington et al. 2019. Re-examining trophic dead ends: stable isotope values link gelatinous zooplankton to leatherback turtles in the California Current. Marine Ecology Progress Series
Hildebrand et al. 2019. Assessing seasonality and density from passive acoustic monitoring of signals presumed to be from pygmy and dwarf sperm whales in the Gulf of Mexico.Frontiers in Marine Science
Kahn et al. 2019.Comparing abundance estimates from closed population mark recapture models of endangered adult Atlantic sturgeon.Endangered Species Research
Merkens et al. 2019. Geographic and temporal patterns in the acoustic detection of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus in the central and western North Pacific Ocean. Endangered Species Research
Pitman et al. 2019. Enigmatic megafauna – type D killer whale in the Southern Ocean. Ecology
Putts et al. 2019. Structure and development of Hawaiian deep-water coral communities on Mauna Loa lava flows. Marine Ecology Progress Series
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Right whale #3853 swimming north offshore of South Carolina on Jan. 20, 2011 with a series of fresh propeller wounds running across its back. The whale was observed 5 days previously offshore of Georgia without propeller wounds. It is unknown whether the whale survived its wounds or not, as it has not been re-sighted since. Vessel collisions are a leading cause of right whale mortality. Credit: EcoHealth Alliance (NOAA permit #594-1759).
North Atlantic right whale Catalog #3560 ‘Snow Cone’ sighted December 2, 2021 entangled and with a new calf. Photo credit: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission taken under NOAA permit 20556.
North Pacific right whale #87 also known as “Smudgy” interacts with a log floating on the water. There are only around 30 individuals in the eastern population, so to spot a North Pacific right whale is rare and to see one interacting with a log in a once-in-a-lifetime experience. NOAA Fisheries permit 782-1719.