As part of the NOAA Cetacean Density and Distribution Mapping Working Group, MGEL is developing a cetacean data gap analysis to spatially and temporally determine where data needed to build distribution models are lacking. This analysis will be used to …
Predictive Modeling of Cetacean Distribution in the Queen Charlotte Basin, British Columbia Funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation In collaboration with Paul Paquet, Jody Weir, Des Kawai (Raincoast) Marine mammal abundance estimates, density surfaces, conservation risk hotspot maps …
This research uses a combination of state-of-the-art technology and a multidisciplinary approach to test specific hypotheses regarding interactions among the environment, krill, and Megaptera novaeangliae (humpback whale). Humpback whales are a major predator of Antarctic krill, but there is still little understanding about how these whales utilize this resources.
