Status of the world's baleen whales

Are social aggregation and temporary immigration driving high rates of increase in some Southern Hemisphere humpback whale populations?

(2015) Phillip J. Clapham et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Opportunistic sightings of the endangered North Pacific right whales (Eubalaena japonica) in Russian waters in 2003-2014

(2015) Ekaterina Ovsyanikova et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

First documented migratory destination for eastern South Pacific blue whales

(2015) Juan Pablo Torres-Florez et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

A hidden getaway for bowhead whales in the Greenland Sea

(2015) David Boertmann et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Ocean acidification risk assessment for Alaska’s fishery sector

(2015) J.T. Mathis et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Contrasting futures for ocean and society from different anthropogenic CO2 emissions scenarios

(2015) J.- P. Gattuso et al.   SCIENCE

An interim framework for assessing the population consequences of disturbance

(2015) Stephanie L. King et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Adrenal Gland and Lung Lesions in Gulf of Mexico Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Found Dead following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

(2015) Stephanie Venn-Watson et al.   PLoS One

Climate Variability, Oceanography, Bowhead Whale Distribution, and Iñupiat Subsistence Whaling near Barrow, Alaska

(2014) Carin J. Ashjian et al.   ARCTIC

Long-Range Movement of Humpback Whales and Their Overlap with Anthropogenic Activity in the South Atlantic Ocean

(2014) HOWARD C. ROSENBAUM et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Anthropogenic pressure on the open ocean: The growth of ship traffic revealed by altimeter data analysis

(2014) J. Tournadre   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Blue whale vocalizations recorded around New Zealand: 1964–2013

(2014) Brian S. Miller et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Do ship strikes threaten the recovery of endangered eastern North Pacific blue whales?

(2014) Cole C. Monnahan et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Sightings of the western stock of North Pacific right whales (Eubalaena japonica) in the far southeast of the Kamchatka Peninsula

(2014) Keiko Sekiguchi et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Linking marine mammal and ocean health in the ‘New Normal’ arctic

(2014) Sue E. Moore et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Subarctic Cetaceans in the Southern Chukchi Sea: Evidence of Recovery or Response to a Changing Ecosystem

(2014) Janet Clarke et al.   OCEANOGRAPHY

Migratory Movements of Pygmy Blue Whales (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) between Australia and Indonesia as Revealed by Satellite Telemetry

(2014) Michael C. Double et al.   PLoS One

Estimating Historical Eastern North Pacific Blue Whale Catches Using Spatial Calling Patterns

(2014) Cole C. Monnahan et al.   PLoS One

The World's Most Isolated and Distinct Whale Population? Humpback Whales of the Arabian Sea

(2014) Cristina Pomilla et al.   PLoS One

Tattoo-like skin disease in the endangered subpopulation of the Humpback Whale,Megaptera novaeangliae,in Oman (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae)

(2014) Marie-Françoise Van Bressem et al.   ZOOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Counting whales in a challenging, changing environment

(2014) R. Williams et al.   Scientific Reports

Genetic evidence reveals a unique lineage of Bryde’s whales in the northern Gulf of Mexico

(2014) PE Rosel et al.   Endangered Species Research

Distribution of Soviet catches of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus in the North Pacific

(2014) YV Ivashchenko et al.   Endangered Species Research

Effectiveness of mandatory vessel speed limits for protecting North Atlantic right whales

(2014) DW Laist et al.   Endangered Species Research

Assessing the Risk of Ships Striking Large Whales in Marine Spatial Planning

(2013) J. V. REDFERN et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Population Differentiation of 2 Forms of Bryde’s Whales in the Indian and Pacific Oceans

(2013) Francine Kershaw et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Strong maternal fidelity and natal philopatry shape genetic structure in North Pacific humpback whales

(2013) CS Baker et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Unexplained recurring high mortality of southern right whale Eubalaena australis calves at Península Valdés, Argentina

(2013) VJ Rowntree et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Eastern South Pacific southern right whale photo-identification catalog reveals behavior and habitat use patterns

(2013) Bárbara Galletti Vernazzani et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Reestablishment of former wintering grounds by New Zealand southern right whales

(2013) Emma L. Carroll et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Evidence for an unrecognised blue whale foraging ground in New Zealand

(2013) LG Torres   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Declining Abundance of Beaked Whales (Family Ziphiidae) in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem

(2013) Jeffrey E. Moore et al.   PLoS One

Using Hierarchical Bayes to Understand Movement, Health, and Survival in the Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale

(2013) Robert S. Schick et al.   PLoS One

Northern Hemisphere summer monsoon intensified by mega-El Nino/southern oscillation and Atlantic multidecadal oscillation

(2013) B. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Responsible Practices for Minimizing and Monitoring Environmental Impacts of Marine Seismic Surveys with an Emphasis on Marine Mammals

(2013) Douglas Nowacek   AQUATIC MAMMALS

Transit station or destination? Attendance patterns, movements and abundance estimate of humpback whales off west South Africa from photographic and genotypic matching

(2012) J Barendse et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Trends and interventions in large whale entanglement along the South African coast

(2012) MA Meÿer et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Acoustic and behavioural changes by fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in response to shipping and airgun noise

(2012) Manuel Castellote et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

A New Framework for Assessing the Effects of Anthropogenic Sound on Marine Mammals in a Rapidly Changing Arctic

(2012) Sue E. Moore et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Response of Commercial Ships to a Voluntary Speed Reduction Measure: Are Voluntary Strategies Adequate for Mitigating Ship-Strike Risk?

(2012) Megan F. McKenna et al.   COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Quantifying Loss of Acoustic Communication Space for Right Whales in and around a U.S. National Marine Sanctuary

(2012) Leila T. Hatch et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Bryde's whale seasonal range expansion and increasing presence in the Southern California Bight from 2000 to 2010

(2012) Sara M. Kerosky et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

A quieting ocean: Unintended consequence of a fluctuating economy

(2012) M. F. McKenna et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Monitoring North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis entanglement rates: a 30 yr retrospective

(2012) AR Knowlton et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Abundance of humpback whales in Oceania using photo-identification and microsatellite genotyping

(2012) R Constantine et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Changes in Humpback Whale Song Occurrence in Response to an Acoustic Source 200 km Away

(2012) Denise Risch et al.   PLoS One

The pygmy right whale Caperea marginata: the last of the cetotheres

(2012) R. E. Fordyce et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evidence that ship noise increases stress in right whales

(2012) R. M. Rolland et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Gene flow on ice: the role of sea ice and whaling in shaping Holarctic genetic diversity and population differentiation in bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus)

(2012) S. Elizabeth Alter et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Genetic analysis of right whales in the eastern North Pacific confirms severe extirpation risk

(2012) RG LeDuc et al.   Endangered Species Research

Soviet catches of right whales Eubalaena japonica and bowhead whales Balaena mysticetus in the North Pacific Ocean and the Okhotsk Sea

(2012) YV Ivashchenko et al.   Endangered Species Research

Movements of gray whales between the western and eastern North Pacific

(2012) DW Weller et al.   Endangered Species Research

Marine mammal bycatch in gillnet and other entangling net fisheries, 1990 to 2011

(2012) RR Reeves et al.   Endangered Species Research

The Northwest Passage opens for bowhead whales

(2011) M. P. Heide-Jorgensen et al.   Biology Letters

Chilean Blue Whales as a Case Study to Illustrate Methods to Estimate Abundance and Evaluate Conservation Status of Rare Species

(2011) ROB WILLIAMS et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

A New Context-Based Approach to Assess Marine Mammal Behavioral Responses to Anthropogenic Sounds

(2011) W.T. ELLISON et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Bayesian state-space model of fin whale abundance trends from a 1991-2008 time series of line-transect surveys in the California Current

(2011) Jeffrey E. Moore et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Assessing risk of baleen whale hearing loss from seismic surveys: The effect of uncertainty and individual variation

(2011) Jason Gedamke et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Analysis and localization of blue whale vocalizations in the Solomon Sea using waveform amplitude data

(2011) Scott D. Frank et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Abundance of the New Zealand subantarctic southern right whale population estimated from photo-identification and genotype mark-recapture

(2011) E. L. Carroll et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Humpback whale abundance in the North Pacific estimated by photographic capture-recapture with bias correction from simulation studies

(2011) Jay Barlow et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Global threats to pinnipeds

(2011) Kit M. Kovacs et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Ocean Acidification at High Latitudes: The Bellwether

(2011) Victoria Fabry et al.   OCEANOGRAPHY

Comparing marine mammal acoustic habitats in Atlantic and Pacific sectors of the High Arctic: year-long records from Fram Strait and the Chukchi Plateau

(2011) Sue E. Moore et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Impact of aragonite saturation state changes on migratory pteropods

(2011) S. Comeau et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Deadly diving? Physiological and behavioural management of decompression stress in diving mammals

(2011) S. K. Hooker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Assessment of population substructure in relation to summer feeding ground use in the eastern North Pacific gray whale

(2011) TR Frasier et al.   Endangered Species Research

Geographic variation of persistent organic pollutant levels in humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) feeding areas of the North Pacific and North Atlantic

(2010) Cristiane T. Elfes et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Bowhead whalesBalaena mysticetusin the Okhotsk Sea

(2010) Yulia IVASHCHENKO et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

Blue whale habitat selection and within-season distribution in a regional upwelling system off southern Australia

(2010) PC Gill et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Seasonal detection of three types of “pygmy” blue whale calls in the Indian Ocean

(2010) Kathleen M. Stafford et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

The Growing Human Footprint on Coastal and Open-Ocean Biogeochemistry

(2010) S. C. Doney   SCIENCE

Impacts of changing sea-ice conditions on Arctic marine mammals

(2010) Kit M. Kovacs et al.   Marine Biodiversity

Rare detections of North Pacific right whales in the Gulf of Alaska, with observations of their potential prey

(2010) PR Wade et al.   Endangered Species Research

Climate change and cetaceans: concerns and recent developments

(2009) Mark P. Simmonds et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Acoustic masking in marine ecosystems: intuitions, analysis, and implication

(2009) CW Clark et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Anthropogenic and natural sources of ambient noise in the ocean

(2009) JA Hildebrand   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Genetic evidence for sex-specific migratory behaviour in western South Pacific humpback whales

(2009) E Valsecchi et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Insights into the population structure of blue whales in the Eastern North Pacific from recent sightings and photographic identification

(2009) John Calambokidis et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Fishing gears involved in entanglements of minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in the East Sea of Korea

(2009) Kyung-Jun Song et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Population Structure of Humpback Whales from Their Breeding Grounds in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans

(2009) Howard C. Rosenbaum et al.   PLoS One

Global climate change, range changes and potential implications for the conservation of marine cetaceans: a review and synthesis

(2009) CD MacLeod   Endangered Species Research

Ocean Acidification: The Other CO2Problem

(2008) Scott C. Doney et al.   Annual Review of Marine Science

ARCTIC MARINE MAMMALS AND CLIMATE CHANGE: IMPACTS AND RESILIENCE

(2008) Sue E. Moore et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Historical distribution of right whales in the North Pacific

(2008) Elizabeth Josephson et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Impacts of ocean acidification on marine fauna and ecosystem processes

(2008) V. J. Fabry et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Determining spatial and temporal scales for management: lessons from whaling

(2008) Phillip J. Clapham et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

The Status of the World's Land and Marine Mammals: Diversity, Threat, and Knowledge

(2008) J. Schipper et al.   SCIENCE