Breaching Extinction

In this week's porpisode Madi, Liam and Erica talk about the history of wind farms and their current impact on cetaceans 

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Climate Change Impacting Right Whales Episode 

Blue Whale Mom Calf Pair Response to Vessel Episode 

In this week's porpisode Madi educates intoxicated Erica and Liam about a variety of animals that get high ;)

This week Erica chatted with Fin Whale Researcher Sacha Viquerat about his recent publication Identifying seasonal distribution patterns of fin whales across the Scotia Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula region using a novel approach combining habitat suitability models and ensemble learning methods. 

References: 

Branch, T. A., & Butterworth, D. S. (2001). Estimates of abundance south of 60°S for cetacean species sighted frequently on the 1978/79 to 1997/98 IWC/IDCR-SOWER sighting surveys. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 3(3), 251-270.

Viquerat, S., & Herr, H. (2017). Mid-summer abundance estimates of fin whales Balaenoptera physalus around the South Orkney Islands and Elephant Island. Endangered Species Research, 32, 515-524. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00832

Burkhardt, E., Van Opzeeland, I., Cisewski, B., Mattmüller, R., Meister, M., Schall, E., Spiesecke, S., Thomisch, K., Zwicker, S., & Boebel, O. (2021). Seasonal and diel cycles of fin whale acoustic occurrence near Elephant Island, Antarctica. Royal Society Open Science, 8(5), 201142-201142. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201142

Herr, H., Hickmott, L., Viquerat, S., & Panigada, S. (2022). First evidence for fin whale migration into the Pacific from Antarctic feeding grounds at Elephant Island. Royal Society Open Science, 9(9), 0-7. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220721

In this week's episode Erica chatted with biologist Josephine Schulze about her recent publication, Humpback whale song revolutions continue to spread from the central into the eastern South Pacific.

In this week's propside Erica, Madi, and Liam discuss Madi's recent trip to French Polynesia among other things. 

Sources 

https://www.int-res.com/articles/meps2007/330/m330p257.pdf

http://seaturtle.org/library/GannierA_2004_AquatMamm.pdf

In this week's episode, Erica chatted with Mari Smultea about her recent publication Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) mother-calf pair behavioral response to vessel in the Southern California Bight. Aquatic Mammals. 

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Smuleta Sciences 

Mother Calf Whale Nursing and Other Behavior

Sperm Whale Ramming a Vessel in the Pacific

First Recordings of Humpback Whale Sounds, Hawaii

First Video of Wild Beluga Socio-sexual Behavior in Cook Inlet, AK

In this week's episode Madi, Liam, and Erica discuss genetic disorders that could impact the pigmentation of cetacean skin 

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Fifty Shades of Gray: The First Leucistic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Sighting off the Cedar Keys, Florida, Gulf of Mexico

Salmon and Mola hats? Could this possibly be a trend for whales? Madi, Liam and Erica dive into potential orca trends in porpsiode!