Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce the recent publication of the following Note in Marine Mammal Science: Acoustic detection of the North Pacific right whale in the northern Bering Sea
Wright DL, Berchok CL, Crance JL, Clapham PJ (2018) Acoustic detection of the North Pacific right whale in the northern Bering Sea. Mar Mamm Sci http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mms.12521 This Note describes the acoustic detection of the critically endangered (n~30) North Pacific right whale (NPRW; *Eubalaena japonica*) at one recording station in the northern Bering Sea (61.59°N, 171.33°W) from September 2009 to September 2016. A total of 139 upcalls and 15,575 gunshot calls were heard between 27 July and 24 September 2016, with the majority of calling in September. It is unclear at this time why NPRW only recently and briefly were detected in the passive acoustic recordings in the northern Bering Sea. Nevertheless, the degree to which the presence of NPRW in this region is linked to changing climatic conditions needs to be explored given the present paucity of individuals in this population and the relatively rapid rate of climate change in the Arctic. Please contact me for a copy of the publication at dana.wri...@noaa.gov. Best wishes, Dana Research Scientist Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean and The Marine Mammal Laboratory AFSC | NMFS | NOAA 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg 4 <https://maps.google.com/?q=7600+Sand+Point+Way+NE,+Bldg+4+Seattle,+WA+98115&entry=gmail&source=g> Seattle, WA 98115 <https://maps.google.com/?q=7600+Sand+Point+Way+NE+%0D%0A+Seattle,+WA+98115&entry=gmail&source=g> 206-526-4023 | dana.wri...@noaa.gov
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