Publications

Alaska SeaLife Center, Cetacean Research Program acoustic workshop report

Marine Mammal Symposium poster

This report looks at the effect of pile driving noise at the Port of Anchorage on juvenile salmonids.

The August 2009 plan for responding to stranded Cook Inlet beluga whales.

This opinion considers the effects of the Marine Terminal Redevelopment Project on the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale.

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes to issue a scientific research permit and a permit amendment for takes of marine mammals in the wild, pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). Permit No. 14210 would be valid for five years from the date of issuance and would authorize LGL Alaska Research Associates to closely approach up to 375 beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) by vessel in Cook Inlet, Alaska annually for photo-identification. The purposes of the research are to identify individual whales and to provide information about movement patterns, habitat use, survivorship, reproduction, and population size. The amendment to Permit No. 782-1719-07 would authorize NMFS National Marine Mammal Laboratory to conduct aerial surveys of the entire population of beluga whales in Cook Inlet, Alaska in 2009. The purposes of the surveys are to 1) provide distribution information during June and July; 2) compare distribution changes over time; 3) provide group size estimates for calculations of stock size; 4) estimate fractions of calves and juveniles in the population; and 5) calibrate and improve survey methodology. The amendment would be valid until the permit expires.

Environmental Assessment of issuing a research permit and permit amendment for takes of marine mammals for research on beluga whales in Cook Inlet, Alaska, in 2009.

This report documents marine mammal and Cook Inlet beluga whale behavior during the Port of Anchorage Marine Terminal construction during the summer of 2008.

A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Washington.

Underwater noise survey at the Port of Anchorage to capture representative noise measurements during in-water construction pile driving and other Port operations.