| abundance and survival of pacific humpback whales in a proposed critical habitat area. | humpback whales (megaptera novaeangliae) were hunted commercially in canada's pacific region until 1966. depleted to an estimated 1,400 individuals throughout the north pacific, humpback whales are listed as threatened under canada's species at risk act (sara) and endangered under the us endangered species act. we conducted an 8-year photo-identification study to monitor humpback whale usage of a coastal fjord system in british columbia (bc), canada that was recently proposed as candidate critic ... | 2013 | 24058666 |
| identifying modeled ship noise hotspots for marine mammals of canada's pacific region. | the inshore, continental shelf waters of british columbia (bc), canada are busy with ship traffic. south coast waters are heavily trafficked by ships using the ports of vancouver and seattle. north coast waters are less busy, but expected to get busier based on proposals for container port and liquefied natural gas development and expansion. abundance estimates and density surface maps are available for 10 commonly seen marine mammals, including northern resident killer whales, fin whales, humpb ... | 2014 | 24598866 |