The multiple functions of male song within the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mating system: review, evaluation, and synthesis

LM Herman - Biological Reviews, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Humpback whales (M egaptera novaeangliae) are seasonal breeders, annually migrating
from high‐latitude summer feeding grounds to low‐latitude winter breeding grounds. The …

Status review of the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) under the Endangered Species Act

SOM Bettridge, CS Baker, J Barlow, P Clapham… - 2015 - repository.library.noaa.gov
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) were listed as endangered in 1970 under the
Endangered Species Conservation Act of 1969, the precursor to the Endangered Species …

Advanced image recognition: a fully automated, high-accuracy photo-identification matching system for humpback whales

T Cheeseman, K Southerland, J Park, M Olio… - Mammalian …, 2022 - Springer
We describe the development and application of a new convolutional neural network-based
photo-identification algorithm for individual humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) …

A convolutional neural network for automated detection of humpback whale song in a diverse, long-term passive acoustic dataset

AN Allen, M Harvey, L Harrell, A Jansen… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Passive acoustic monitoring is a well-established tool for researching the occurrence,
movements, and ecology of a wide variety of marine mammal species. Advances in …

[HTML][HTML] High mortality of blue, humpback and fin whales from modeling of vessel collisions on the US West Coast suggests population impacts and insufficient …

RC Rockwood, J Calambokidis, J Jahncke - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Mortality from collisions with vessels is one of the main human causes of death for large
whales. Ship strikes are rarely witnessed and the distribution of strike risk and estimates of …

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

J Barlow, J Calambokidis, EA Falcone… - Marine Mammal …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We estimated the abundance of humpback whales in the North Pacific by capture‐recapture
methods using over 18,000 fluke identification photographs collected in 2004–2006. Our …

Predicting cetacean abundance and distribution in a changing climate

EA Becker, KA Forney, JV Redfern… - Diversity and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Changes in abundance and shifts in distribution as a result of a warming climate have
been documented for many marine species, but opportunities to test our ability to forecast …

High pregnancy rates in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) around the Western Antarctic Peninsula, evidence of a rapidly growing population

LJ Pallin, CS Baker, D Steel… - Royal Society …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Antarctic humpback whales are recovering from near extirpation from commercial whaling.
To understand the dynamics of this recovery and establish a baseline to monitor impacts of a …

Fluctuating reproductive rates in Hawaii's humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, reflect recent climate anomalies in the North Pacific

R Cartwright, A Venema… - Royal Society …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Alongside changing ocean temperatures and ocean chemistry, anthropogenic climate
change is now impacting the fundamental processes that support marine systems. However …

High-resolution projections of global sea surface temperatures reveal critical warming in humpback whale breeding grounds

H von Hammerstein, RO Setter… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are triggering changes in global climate and
warming the ocean. This will affect many marine organisms, particularly those with high site …