Introduction & Objectives
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Technical Approach
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Progress & Results
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Publications:
Irvine, L.M., Winsor, M.H., Follett, T.M., Mate, B.R., Palacios, D.M. 2020. An at-sea assessment of Argos location accuracy for three species of large whales, and the effect of deep-diving behavior on location error. Animal Biotelemetry 8, 20. doi: 10.1186/s40317-020-00207-x
Irvine, L. M., D. M. Palacios, B. A. Lagerquist, and B. R. Mate. 2019. Scales of blue and fin whale feeding behavior off California, USA, with implications for prey patchiness.
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7:338. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00338
Mate, B.R., L.M. Irvine, and D.M. Palacios. 2017. The development of an intermediate-duration tag to characterize the diving behavior of large whales.
Ecology and Evolution 7:585-595.
Project Information
Location: Southern California
Timeline: 2014-2018
Funding:
Points of Contact
Principal Investigators, Dr. Bruce Mate and Dr. Daniel Palacios, Oregon State University
Project Manager, Jessica Bredvik, NAVFAC Southwest
Program Manager, Chip Johnson, Pacific Fleet Environmental Readiness Division
Reports & Data
Mate et al. 2018. Baleen whale tagging across multiple Navy training areas 2014-2017
Mate et al. 2017. Blue, Fin, and Humpback Whale Tagging on the US West Coast: Preliminary Report
Mate et al. 2017. Final Report: Baleen Whale Tagging in Support of Marine Mammal Monitoring Across Multiple Navy Training Areas Covering the Years 2014, 2015, and 2016
Mate et al. 2017. Blue, Fin, and Humpback Whale Tagging on US West Coast
Mate et al. 2016. Blue and Fin Whale Tagging on the US West Coast
Mate et al. 2016. Blue and Fin Whale Tagging in Southern California
Mate et al. 2015. Final Report: Baleen (Blue & Fin) Whale Tagging in Southern California in Support of Marine Mammal Monitoring Across Multiple Navy Training Areas (SOCAL, NWTRC/NWTT, GOA)
Associated Projects
North Pacific Humpback Whale Tagging
