Status of the world's baleen whales

PO Thomas, RR Reeves… - Marine Mammal …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
No global synthesis of the status of baleen whales has been published since the 2008 IUCN
Red List assessments. Many populations remain at low numbers from historical commercial …

Global distribution of fin whales Balaenoptera physalus in the post‐whaling era (1980–2012)

EF Edwards, C Hall, TJ Moore, C Sheredy… - Mammal …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The global distribution of fin whales B alaenoptera physalus is not fully understood. Existing
maps can be divided into two conflicting categories: one showing a continuous global …

Memory and resource tracking drive blue whale migrations

B Abrahms, EL Hazen, EO Aikens… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
In terrestrial systems, the green wave hypothesis posits that migrating animals can enhance
foraging opportunities by tracking phenological variation in high-quality forage across space …

Future recovery of baleen whales is imperiled by climate change

VJD Tulloch, ÉE Plagányi, C Brown… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Historical harvesting pushed many whale species to the brink of extinction. Although most
Southern Hemisphere populations are slowly recovering, the influence of future climate …

[BOOK][B] Marine protected areas for whales dolphins and porpoises: A world handbook for cetacean habitat conservation

E Hoyt - 2012 - taylorfrancis.com
'Erich Hoyt's handbook is an admirable, timely and highly welcome contribution.'Michael
Stachowitsch, Marine Ecology What does it mean to save the whales if their habitat is left …

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

M Castellote, CW Clark, MO Lammers - Biological Conservation, 2012 - Elsevier
Non-lethal behavioural effects of underwater noise in marine mammals are difficult to
measure. Here we report acoustic and behavioural changes by fin whales in response to …

Whales from space: four mysticete species described using new VHR satellite imagery

HC Cubaynes, PT Fretwell, C Bamford… - Marine Mammal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Large‐bodied animals such as baleen whales can now be detected with very high
resolution (VHR) satellite imagery, allowing for scientific studies of whales in remote and …

The not-so-silent world: Measuring Arctic, Equatorial, and Antarctic soundscapes in the Atlantic Ocean

SM Haver, H Klinck, SL Nieukirk, H Matsumoto… - Deep Sea Research …, 2017 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic noise in the ocean has been shown, under certain conditions, to influence
the behavior and health of marine mammals. Noise from human activities may interfere with …

Estimating blue whale skin isotopic incorporation rates and baleen growth rates: Implications for assessing diet and movement patterns in mysticetes

G Busquets-Vass, SD Newsome, J Calambokidis… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Stable isotope analysis in mysticete skin and baleen plates has been repeatedly used to
assess diet and movement patterns. Accurate interpretation of isotope data depends on …

Blue whale earplug reveals lifetime contaminant exposure and hormone profiles

SJ Trumble, EM Robinson… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Lifetime contaminant and hormonal profiles have been reconstructed for an individual male
blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus, Linnaeus 1758) using the earplug as a natural aging …