Recent Submissions

  • Cetaceans have complex brains for complex cognition 

    Marino, Lori, Richard C. Connor, R. Ewan Fordyce, Louis M. Herman, et al. 2007. "Cetaceans have complex brains for complex cognition." Plos Biology 5(5): 966-972.
    No abstract available.
  • Computer-Assisted Photo-Identification of Narwhals 

    Auger-Methe, Marie, Marianne Marcoux, and Hal Whitehead. 2011. "Computer-Assisted Photo-Identification of Narwhals." Arctic 64(3): 342-352.
    Although the narwhal (Monodon monoceros) is economically and culturally important to northern residents, sound management of this species is impaired by large gaps in knowledge. Research on this species has been limited ...
  • Behavioral reactions of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus) to biopsy darting and tag attachment procedures 

    Hooker, SK, RW Baird, S. Al-Omari, S. Gowans, et al. 2001. "Behavioral reactions of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus) to biopsy darting and tag attachment procedures." Fishery Bulletin 99(2): 303-308.
    The effects of invasive or intrusive research techniques need to be thoroughly documented in order to satisfy appropriate standards of animal care. How cetaceans react to either biopsy darting ol tag attachment procedures ...
  • Inferring Animal Densities from Tracking Data Using Markov Chains 

    Whitehead, Hal, and Ian D. Jonsen. 2013. "Inferring Animal Densities from Tracking Data Using Markov Chains." Plos One 8(4): 60901-e60901.
    The distributions and relative densities of species are keys to ecology. Large amounts of tracking data are being collected on a wide variety of animal species using several methods, especially electronic tags that record ...
  • Analysis of animal movement using opportunistic individual identifications: Application to sperm whales 

    Whitehead, H.. 2001. "Analysis of animal movement using opportunistic individual identifications: Application to sperm whales." Ecology 82(5): 1417-1432.
    Data sets in which animals are identified individually in different places and times may contain considerable information on movements. However, if the probability that an animal is reidentified depends on its movement ...