Science & Data

Visual observations of individually identifiable monk seals associating onshore were used to estimate contact rates, assuming random mixing, and also to investigate contact patterns of different age and sex classes.

2016 North Pacific Groundfish Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Reports for 2017 Fisheries.

As Hawaiian monk seal population numbers continue to decline, outstanding fine-scale genetic questions require enhanced genotyping capacity of a rich archive of specimens.

A quick directory to access Steller Sea Lion research data.

A study of beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) sightings and knowledge in Yakutat Bay, Alaska.

Research on beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) ecology and population in Yakutat Bay, Alaska.

The following provides lists of Marine Mammal Laboratory publications by year from 2000-2015. A citable list of all MML publications for each year can be downloaded in PDF from the links below.

Cook Inlet beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas, are currently listed as ‘Endangered’ under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA). The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) began monitoring this population during the 1990s after it was added to the ESA Candidate Species list in 1988. Monitoring efforts included aerial surveys, and in 1995, the first attempts to capture and satellite-tag whales. Working with Canadian scientists and Alaska Native subsistence hunters in 1995 and 1997, tagging methods were adapted to conditions in Cook Inlet (muddy water, extreme tides, and extensive mudflats), culminating in successful capture and tracking of a whale during the summer of 1999. This was followed by three more years of capture and tagging studies during late summer. Tags were attached to 18 whales between 1999 and 2002.

A study of the Cook Inlet beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) population.

2015 North Pacific Groundfish Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Reports for 2016 Fisheries.