Downloadable reports by Cascadia Research personnel
All reports are in Adobe Acrobat PDF files unless
otherwise noted. Links to downloadable documents also available from Cascadia
Bibliography or from Executive
summaries of technical reports and publications
Killer whale (link
to background and publications)
Hawaii odontocete research
(link to background and publications)
Gray whales
Humpback whales in the North Pacific
including SPLASH
.
Technical report
See SPLASH page for updates on
this international humpback whale research program
Humpback and blue whales off California, Oregon, and
Washington
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Publication on blue whale distribution and
movements in Marine Mammal Science, April 2009
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Annual
report of photo-ID on humpback and blue whales off the US West Coast.
Report to SWFSC, Dec. 2009
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Abundance estimates of
humpback and blue whales off the US West Coast based on mark-recapture of
photo-identified individuals through 2008. Report # PSRG-2009-07 to Pacific
Scientific Review Group, San Diego, CA 3-5 November 2009.
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Visual and acoustic detections of blue
whales in the Southern California Bight. PDF of publication in Marine Mammal
Science 2007
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Blue whale abundance in the eastern North
Pacific. Report to SWFSC for 2004-06
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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
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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
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Migratory destinations of humpback whales that
feed off California, Oregon and Washington. Reprint: 2000 Marine Ecology
Progress Series 192:295-304.
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Reproductive rates
of humpback whales off California. Reprint: 2000 Marine Mammal Science 16:220-239.
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Interchange
and isolation of humpback whales off California and other North Pacific
feeding grounds. Reprint: 1996 Marine Mammal Science 12:215-226.
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Humpback
and blue whale research off California, Oregon, and Washington: Annual report
for 2003
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Humpback
and blue whale research off California, Oregon, and Washington in 2002
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Humpback
and blue whale research off California, Oregon, and Washington in 2001
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Humpback
and blue whale research off California, Oregon, and Washington in 2000
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Humpback
and blue whale research off California, Oregon, and Washington in 1999
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Humpback
and blue whale photographic identification: Report of research in 1998
Underwater behavior of blue
,
fin, and humpback whales whales using suction-cup
tags
Humpback whale research in Central America
Contaminants
Contaminants in harbor seals
from British Columbia and Puget Sound. 2004 Env. Toxicol Chem. 23:157-165
Stratification of lipds,
fatty acids and contaminants in blubber of white and killer whales. Reprint:
2004 J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 6(2):175-189
Sampling protocols for marine mammals
(Puget Sound Estuarine Program)
Contaminants in gray whales. Reprint:
2001 J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 3(1):19-29
Chlorinated hydrocarbon
concentrations and their use for describing population discreetness in harbor
porpoises from Washington, Oregon, and California. 1998 Proceedings
Chemical
contaminants in Puget Sound harbor seals. 1991 EPA Report EPA 910/9-91-032
Review
of contaminants in Washington Marine Mammals. 1984 NOAA Tech Memo NOS OMS 6
(Large PDF)
Pinnipeds and strandings
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