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Presences of Humpback Whales in the winter.
Dataset citation: Research surveys conducted by NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center and Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Cascadia Research Collective, and Joseph Mobley (University of Hawaiʻi). Contacts: Dr. Lisa Ballance, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA, USA. Data Provided 5 September 2014. Provider Website: https://swfsc.noaa.gov/ (Site Accessed 8 June 2016). Dr. Erin Oleson, NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, HI, USA. Data Provided 25 June 2015. Provider Website: http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/ (Site Accessed 8 June 2016).
Dr. Robin Baird, Cascadia Research Collective, Olympia, WA, USA. Data Provided 28 January 2015. Provider Website: http://www.cascadiaresearch.org/ (Site Accessed 8 June 2016).
Dr. Joseph Mobley, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA. Data Provided 15 January 2015. Provider Website: http://www.nursing.hawaii.edu/joe-mobley.html (Site Accessed 8 June 2016).
Relevant Literature: Barlow, J. 2006. Cetacean abundance in Hawaiian waters estimated from a summer/fall survey in 2002. Marine Mammal Science 22: 446-464. Bradford, A.L., Forney, K.A., Oleson, E.M., and Barlow, J. 2014. Accounting for subgroup structure in line-transect abundance estimates of false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) in Hawaiian waters. PLoS One 9: e90464.
Baird, R.W., D.L. Webster, J.M. Aschettino, G.S. Schorr, and D.J. McSweeney. 2013a. Odontocete cetaceans around the main Hawaiian Islands: Habitat use and relative abundance from small-boat sighting surveys. Aquatic Mammals 39:253-269. Mobley, J.M., S. Spitz, R. Grotefendt, P. Forestell, A. Frankel, and G. Bauer. 2001. Abundance of humpback whales in Hawaiian waters: Results of 1993-2000 aerial surveys. Report to NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary and State of Hawai‘i Department of Land and national Resources. 16 pp. |