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High mortality of blue, humpback and fin whales from modeling of vessel collisions on the U.S. West Coast suggests population impacts and insufficient protection by Rockwood, R Cotton, Calambokidis, John, Jahncke, Jaime

“…Mortality from collisions with vessels is one of the main human causes of death for large whales. Ship strikes are rarely witnessed and the distribution of…”
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Habitat compression and ecosystem shifts as potential links between marine heatwave and record whale entanglements by Santora, Jarrod A., Mantua, Nathan J., Schroeder, Isaac D., Field, John C., Hazen, Elliott L., Bograd, Steven J., Sydeman, William J., Wells, Brian K., Calambokidis, John, Saez, Lauren, Lawson, Dan, Forney, Karin A.

“…Climate change and increased variability and intensity of climate events, in combination with recovering protected species populations and highly capitalized…”
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Kinematic Diversity in Rorqual Whale Feeding Mechanisms by Cade, David E., Friedlaender, Ari S., Calambokidis, John, Goldbogen, Jeremy A.

“…Rorqual whales exhibit an extreme lunge filter-feeding strategy characterized by acceleration to high speed and engulfment of a large volume of prey-laden…”
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Baleen whale prey consumption based on high-resolution foraging measurements by Savoca, Matthew S., Czapanskiy, Max F., Kahane-Rapport, Shirel R., Gough, William T., Fahlbusch, James A., Bierlich, K. C., Segre, Paolo S., Di Clemente, Jacopo, Penry, Gwenith S., Wiley, David N., Calambokidis, John, Nowacek, Douglas P., Johnston, David W., Pyenson, Nicholas D., Friedlaender, Ari S., Hazen, Elliott L., Goldbogen, Jeremy A.

“…Baleen whales influence their ecosystems through immense prey consumption and nutrient recycling 1 – 3 . It is difficult to accurately gauge the magnitude of…”
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Determining forward speed from accelerometer jiggle in aquatic environments by Cade, David E, Barr, Kelly R, Calambokidis, John, Friedlaender, Ari S, Goldbogen, Jeremy A

“…How fast animals move is critical to understanding their energetic requirements, locomotor capacity and foraging performance, yet current methods for measuring…”
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Integrative Approaches to the Study of Baleen Whale Diving Behavior, Feeding Performance, and Foraging Ecology by Goldbogen, Jeremy A, Friedlaender, Ari S, Calambokidis, John, Mckenna, Megan F, Simon, Malene, Nowacek, Douglas P

“…For many marine organisms, especially large whales that cannot be studied in laboratory settings, our ability to obtain basic behavioral and physiological data…”
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Estimating blue whale skin isotopic incorporation rates and baleen growth rates: Implications for assessing diet and movement patterns in mysticetes by Busquets-Vass, Geraldine, Newsome, Seth D, Calambokidis, John, Serra-Valente, Gabriela, Jacobsen, Jeff K, Aguíñiga-García, Sergio, Gendron, Diane

“…Stable isotope analysis in mysticete skin and baleen plates has been repeatedly used to assess diet and movement patterns. Accurate interpretation of isotope…”
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Application of endocrine biomarkers to update information on reproductive physiology in gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) by Melica, Valentina, Atkinson, Shannon, Calambokidis, John, Lang, Aimée, Scordino, Jonathan, Mueter, Franz

“…Most of our knowledge on reproductive biology of gray whales dates back to scientific research conducted during commercial whaling in the late 1950s and 1960s…”
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Blue whales respond to simulated mid-frequency military sonar by Goldbogen, Jeremy A., Southall, Brandon L., DeRuiter, Stacy L., Calambokidis, John, Friedlaender, Ari S., Hazen, Elliott L., Falcone, Erin A., Schorr, Gregory S., Douglas, Annie, Moretti, David J., Kyburg, Chris, McKenna, Megan F., Tyack, Peter L.

“…Mid-frequency military (1–10 kHz) sonars have been associated with lethal mass strandings of deep-diving toothed whales, but the effects on endangered baleen…”
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Prey density and distribution drive the three-dimensional foraging strategies of the largest filter feeder by Goldbogen, Jeremy A., Hazen, Elliott L., Friedlaender, Ari S., Calambokidis, John, DeRuiter, Stacy L., Stimpert, Alison K., Southall, Brandon L.

“…Summary Despite their importance in determining the rate of both energy gain and expenditure, how the fine‐scale kinematics of foraging are modified in…”
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Blue Whale Body Condition Assessed Over a 14-Year Period in the NE Pacific: Annual Variation and Connection to Measures of Ocean Productivity by Wachtendonk, Rachel, Calambokidis, John, Flynn, Kiirsten

“…Large marine mammals can serve as an indicator of the overall state of the environment due to their apex position in marine food webs and their functions as…”
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Correction: High mortality of blue, humpback and fin whales from modeling of vessel collisions on the U.S. West Coast suggests population impacts and insufficient protection by Rockwood, R Cotton, Calambokidis, John, Jahncke, Jaime

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183052.]…”
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Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) post-mortem findings from December 2018 through 2021 during the Unusual Mortality Event in the Eastern North Pacific by Raverty, Stephen, Duignan, Pádraig, Greig, Denise, Huggins, Jessica L, Huntington, Kathy Burek, Garner, Michael, Calambokidis, John, Cottrell, Paul, Danil, Kerri, D'Alessandro, Dalin, Duffield, Deborah, Flannery, Moe, Gulland, Frances Md, Halaska, Barbie, Lambourn, Dyanna M, Lehnhart, Taylor, Urbán R, Jorge, Rowles, Teri, Rice, James, Savage, Kate, Wilkinson, Kristin, Greenman, Justin, Viezbicke, Justin, Cottrell, Brendan, Goley, P Dawn, Martinez, Maggie, Fauquier, Deborah

“…Beginning in December 2018, increased numbers of gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) strandings were reported along the west coast of Mexico, the United States,…”
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Low Resighting Rate of Entangled Humpback Whales Within the California, Oregon, and Washington Region Based on Photo-Identification and Long-Term Life History Data by Tackaberry, Jennifer, Dobson, Elana, Flynn, Kiirsten, Cheeseman, Ted, Calambokidis, John

“…Bycatch, commonly referred to as entanglement, is a leading source of human-caused mortality of baleen whales. A better understanding of the individuals that…”
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Migratory destinations and spatial structuring of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) wintering off Nicaragua by De Weerdt, Joëlle, Pacheco, Aldo S., Calambokidis, John, Castaneda, Melvin, Cheeseman, Ted, Frisch-Jordán, Astrid, Garita Alpízar, Frank, Hayslip, Craig, Martínez-Loustalot, Pamela, Palacios, Daniel M., Quintana-Rizzo, Ester, Ransome, Nicola, Urbán Ramírez, Jorge, Clapham, Phillip, Van der Stocken, Tom

“…Understanding the migratory patterns of large whales is of conservation importance, especially in identifying threats to specific populations. Migration…”
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Formal Comment on Schorr GS, Falcone EA, Moretti DJ, Andrews RD (2014) First Long-Term Behavioral Records from Cuvier's Beaked Whales (Ziphius cavirostris) Reveal Record-Breaking Dives. PLoS ONE 9(3): e92633. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0092633 by Tyack, Peter L, Calambokidis, John, Friedlaender, Ari, Goldbogen, Jeremy, Southall, Brandon

“…About the Authors: Peter L. Tyack * E-mail: plt@st-andrews.ac.uk Affiliation: School of Biology and Sea Mammal Research Unit, Scottish Oceans Institute,…”
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Revision of fin whale Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) subspecies using genetics by Archer, Frederick I., Brownell, Robert L., Hancock-Hanser, Brittany L., Morin, Phillip A., Robertson, Kelly M., Sherman, Kathryn K., Calambokidis, John, Urbán R., Jorge, Rosel, Patricia E., Mizroch, Sally A., Panigada, Simone, Taylor, Barbara L.

“…Three subspecies of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) are currently recognized, including the northern fin whale (B. p. physalus), the southern fin whale (B…”
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Foraging behavior of humpback whales: kinematic and respiratory patterns suggest a high cost for a lunge by Goldbogen, Jeremy A, Calambokidis, John, Croll, Donald A, Harvey, James T, Newton, Kelly M, Oleson, Erin M, Schorr, Greg, Shadwick, Robert E

“…Lunge feeding in rorqual whales is a drag-based feeding mechanism that is thought to entail a high energetic cost and consequently limit the maximum dive time…”
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Feeding performance by sympatric blue and fin whales exploiting a common prey resource by Friedlaender, Ari S., Goldbogen, Jeremy A., Hazen, Elliott L., Calambokidis, John, Southall, Brandon L.

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Lessons From Placing an Observer on Commercial Cargo Ships Off the U.S. West Coast: Utility as an Observation Platform and Insight Into Ship Strike Vulnerability by Flynn, Kiirsten Regina, Calambokidis, John

“…Ship strikes of whales are a growing concern around the world and especially along the U.S. West Coast, home to some of busiest ports in the world and where…”
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