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New and Improved: Mapping Updated Biologically Important Areas for Cetaceans 

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MGEL has played a large role in the mapping of Biologically Important Areas (BIAs) for cetaceans, a project that aims to expand on previous BIA work. This second iteration, BIA II, has resulted in a series of publications, four of which MGEL has contributed to. In this context, Biologically Important Areas represent areas and times …

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Map of North Atlantic right whale density along the Eastern coast of the United States.

MGEL takes part in international collaboration for North Atlantic right whale modeling 

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Though humans need proper documentation to travel back and forth across the Canada/US border, right whales have no such restriction. As the climate changes, North Atlantic right whales (NARW) are shifting their habitat use patterns within US and Canadian waters. As such, understanding where NARW are distributed throughout their habitat range is a critical and …

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Tools for Marine GIS

Marine Geospatial Ecology Tools (MGET) is a free, open-source geoprocessing toolbox that can help you solve a wide variety of marine research, conservation, and spatial planning problems. MGET can perform tasks such as: Downloading and converting oceanographic data into GIS formats Identifying ecologically-relevant features in remote sensing imagery Fitting, evaluating, and mapping statistical models of …

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Studies and Valuations of Ecosystem Services

Tool Development: Studies and Valuations of Ecosystem Services Funded by The Ocean Foundation/MESP In collaboration with Linwood Pendelton (NOAA, Duke) Mapping and data explorer tool for an effort to aggregate studies and valuations of ecosystem services in marine and wetland locations.