[MARMAM] Northwest Student Chapter of the Society for Marine Mammalogy annual meeting

Dear all, The annual meeting of the Northwest Student Chapter of the Society for Marine Mammalogy (NWSSMM) will take place on May 12-13, 2018. The chapter encompasses students who are based in Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and northern California, or who conduct research in thes

[MARMAM] ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENDED - NWSSMM 2018 annual meeting

Dear all, We have extended the abstract submission deadline, and will now be accepting abstracts through Friday, April 20th! The annual meeting of the Northwest Student Chapter of the Society for Marine Mammalogy (NWSSMM) will take place May 12-13, 2018. The chapter encompasses students who ar

[MARMAM] New publication: Documentation of a New Zealand blue whale population

Dear colleagues, On behalf of my coauthors, I am pleased to announce the publication of our paper in Endangered Species Research: Barlow DR, Torres LG, Hodge KB, Steel D, Baker CS, Chandler TE, Bott N, Constantine R, Double MC, Gill P, Glasgow D, Hamner RM, Lilley C, Ogle M, Olson PA, Peters C

[MARMAM] New publication: Estimating morphometric attributes of baleen whales from small UASs

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the publication of our paper in Marine Mammal Science: Burnett, J. D., Lemos, L., Barlow, D. R., Wing, M. G., Chandler, T. E., Torres, L. G. (2018). Estimating morphometric attributes of baleen whales with photogrammetry from small UAS: a case study

[MARMAM] New publication: Assessment of blue whale skin condition

Dear MARMAM community, On behalf of my coauthors, I am pleased to announce our recent publication in Frontiers in Marine Science: Barlow, D. R., Pepper, A. L., & Torres, L. G. (2019). Skin deep: An assessment of New Zealand blue whale skin condition. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 757. ABSTRA

[MARMAM] New publication: Insight into the kinematics of blue whale surface foraging through drone observations and prey data

Dear MARMAM community, On behalf of my coauthors, I am pleased to announce our recent publication in PeerJ: Torres LG, Barlow DR, Chandler TE, Burnett JD. 2020. Insight into the kinematics of blue whale surface foraging through drone observations and prey data. PeerJ 8:e8906 http://doi.org/10.

[MARMAM] New publication: Blue whale habitat modeling under different oceanographic regimes

Dear MARMAM community, On behalf of my coauthors, I am pleased to announce our recent publication in Marine Ecology Progress Series: Barlow DR, Bernard KS, Escobar-Flores P, Palacios DM, Torres LG (2020) Links in the trophic chain: modeling functional relationships between in situ oceanography

[MARMAM] New publication: Temporal and spatial lags between wind, coastal upwelling, and blue whale occurrence

Dear MARMAM Community, On behalf of my coauthors, I am excited to share our recent publication in Scientific Reports: Barlow, D.R., Klinck, H., Ponirakis, D. Garvey, C., Torres, L. G. Temporal and spatial lags between wind, coastal upwelling, and blue whale occurrence. Sci Rep 11, 6915 (2021).

[MARMAM] New publication: Forecasting blue whale distribution, with applications for spatial management

Dear MARMAM Community, I am pleased to share our recent publication in the Journal of Applied Ecology: Barlow, D. R., & Torres, L. G. (2021). Planning ahead: Dynamic models forecast blue whale distribution with applications for spatial management. Journal of Applied Ecology, 00, 1-12. https://d

[MARMAM] New publication: blue whales and earthquakes

Dear MARMAM community, On behalf of my coauthors, I am pleased to share our recent publication in Royal Society Open Science: Barlow DR, Estrada Jorge M, Klinck H, Torres LG. 2022. Shaken, not stirred: blue whales show no acoustic response to earthquake events. Royal Society Open Science. 9:22

[MARMAM] New publication: Temporal occurrence of three blue whale populations in New Zealand waters from passive acoustic monitoring

Dear MARMAM community, On behalf of my coauthors, I am pleased to share our recent publication in the Journal of Mammalogy: Barlow, D.R., Klinck, H., Ponirakis, D., Holt Colberg, M., Torres, L.G. (2022). Temporal occurrence of three blue whale populations in New Zealand waters from passive aco

[MARMAM] New Publication: Blue whale foraging and reproductive effort are related to environmental conditions

Dear MARMAM community, On behalf of my coauthors, I am excited to share our recent publication in Ecology and Evolution: Barlow, D. R., Klinck, H., Ponirakis, D., Branch, T. A., & Torres, L. G. (2023). Environmental conditions and marine heatwaves influence blue whale foraging and reproductive

[MARMAM] New publication: Variation in blue whale morphology across three productive coastal ecosystems

Dear MARMAM community, On behalf of my coauthors, I am pleased to share our recent paper in Integrative Organismal Biology: D R Barlow, K C Bierlich, W K Oestreich, G Chiang, J W Durban, J A Goldbogen, D W Johnston, M S Leslie, M J Moore, J P Ryan, L G Torres, Shaped by Their Environment: Vari

[MARMAM] New publication: Three decades of gray whale habitat use, distribution, and abundance

Dear MARMAM community, On behalf of my coauthors, I am pleased to share our recent publication in Scientific Reports: Barlow, D.R., Strong, C.S. & Torres, L.G. Three decades of nearshore surveys reveal long-term patterns in gray whale habitat use, distribution, and abundance in the Northern Ca