Humpback whales in the North Pacific

• Killer whale attacks on humpback whales. Reprint from Endangered Species Research 4:247-256
• Movements and population structure of humpback whales in the North Pacific. Reprint: 2001 Marine Mammal Science 17:769-794.
• Abundance and population structure of humpback whales in the North Pacific basin. Technical report
• See SPLASH page for updates on this international humpback whale research program

Humpback and blue whales off California, Oregon, and Washington

• Visual and acoustic detections of blue whales in the Southern California Bight. PDF of publication in Marine Mammal Science 2007
• Blue whale abundance in the eastern North Pacific. Report to SWFSC for 2004-06
• Abundance of blue and humpback whales in the eastern North Pacific estimated by capture-recapture and line-transect methods. Reprint. 2004 Marine Mammal Science 20(1):63-85
• Distribution and abundance of humpback whales and other marine mammals off the northern Washington coast. Reprint 2004 Fishery Bulletin 102(4):563-580 includes erratum 
• Migratory destinations of humpback whales that feed off California, Oregon and Washington. Reprint: 2000 Marine Ecology Progress Series 192:295-304.
• Reproductive rates of humpback whales off California. Reprint: 2000 Marine Mammal Science 16:220-239.
• Interchange and isolation of humpback whales off California and other North Pacific feeding grounds. Reprint: 1996 Marine Mammal Science 12:215-226.
• Humpback and blue whale research off California, Oregon, and Washington: Annual report for 2003
• Humpback and blue whale research off California, Oregon, and Washington in 2002
• Humpback and blue whale research off California, Oregon, and Washington in 2001
• Humpback and blue whale research off California, Oregon, and Washington in 2000
• Humpback and blue whale research off California, Oregon, and Washington in 1999
• Humpback and blue whale photographic identification: Report of research in 1998

Underwater behavior of blue whales using suction-cup tags 

• Underwater behavior of blue whales from Crittercams, Summary and link to article 2008
• Vocal behavior of blue whales from tags, January 2007
• Kinematics of foraging dives of fin whales, 2006
• Annual Report to ONR on tag deployments on blue whales, 2002
• Final  Report to ONR on Crittercam deployments on blue whales, 2001
• Progress Report to ONR on Crittercam deployments on blue whales, 2001

Humpback whale research in Central America

• Publication on humpback whale migrations in the Southern Hemisphere, Biological Letters
• Patterns of cetacean sighting distribution in the Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone of Costa Rica. Reprint from Rev. Biol Trop. (int. J. Trop. Biol.) 53: 249-263  
• Cruise report for 1999 blue whale survey to Costa Rica Dome
• Report on Costa Rica humpback whale and other marine mammal research, 1996-2003
• Report on Costa Rica humpback whale and other marine mammal research, 1996-2002
• Report on Costa Rica humpback whale and other marine mammal research, 1996-2001
• Report on Costa Rica humpback whale and other marine mammal research, 1996-2000
• Report on Costa Rica humpback whale and other marine mammal research, 1996-99

Contaminants

Monitoring of impacts of sound

• Marine mammal observations and mitigation associated with USGS seismic-reflection surveys in the Santa Barbara Channel 2002

Pinnipeds and strandings

• Ship strikes of whales in Washington State. 2008 publication in J Marine Biol. Assoc. UK
• Cetacean strandings n Oregon and Washington between 1930 and 2002. Reprint: 2004 J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 6(1):87-99
• Trends in abundance of harbor seals in Washington State. Reprint: 2003, Journal of Wildlife Management 67(1):201-219
• Mortality of harbor seal pups in Washington State. Reprint of 1989 article in Journal of Wildlife Diseases 25:319-328
• Censuses and disturbance of Woodard Bay harbor seals. Report to Wash. DNR in 1991

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