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Ecology and Distribution of Blue Whales in New Zealand Across Spatial and Temporal Scales

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Barlow, Dawn R.

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The distribution of mobile marine predators often reflects underlying dynamic ecological processes. The geographical focus of this PhD is the South Taranaki Bight (STB) of New Zealand, where wind-driven coastal upwelling generates productivity and prey to support a blue whale foraging ground. The STB is also New Zealand’s most industrial...

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, Alexa Kownacki, Lisa Hildebrand, Clara Bird, Rachel Kaplan, Alejandro Fernandez Ajo, KC Bierlich
Body Condition and Hormone Assessment of Eastern North Pacific Gray Whales (Eschrichtius robustus) and Associations with Ambient Noise

Creator:

Lemos, Leila S.

Abstract:

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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special thank you to my friend Rachel Ann Hauser Davis, back in Brazil, for all of the psychological