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Body Condition and Hormone Assessment of Eastern North Pacific Gray Whales (Eschrichtius robustus) and Associations with Ambient Noise

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Lemos, Leila S.

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Anthropogenic activities have posed many threats to the oceans and marine life. Understanding how individuals are affected and physiologically respond to these threats is crucial and allows for management and conservation applications. I evaluated the overall health condition of a subpopulation of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) along the Oregon coast,...

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Dissertation

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you to my current and former GEMM lab mates or “GEMMers” Florence, Alexa, Lisa, Dawn, Dom, Clara
Fine scale foraging behavior of gray whales in relation to prey fields and vessel disturbance along the Oregon Coast

Creator:

Sullivan, Florence A.

Abstract:

The desire to understand the spatial and temporal drivers of animal behavior and distribution relative to scale is central to movement ecology. Optimal foraging theory states that a predator should continue exploiting a patch until it is no longer profitable to do so. As human developments increasingly encroach on the...

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Masters Thesis

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true pleasure to learn and grow with the ladies of the GEMM lab; Amanda Holdman, Dawn Barlow, Erin