Spatial and Temporal Occurrence of Blue Whales off the U.S. West Coast, with Implications for Management

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Irvine, Ladd M., Mate, Bruce R., Winsor, Martha H., Palacios, Daniel M., Bograd, Steven J., Costa, Daniel P., Bailey, Helen
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2014
• Subjects: Research Article; Lanes; Pacific; Balaenoptera musculus
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4108441; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25054829; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102959

Mortality and injuries caused by ship strikes in U.S. waters are a cause of concern for the endangered population of blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) occupying the eastern North Pacific. We sought to determine which areas along the U.S. West Coast are most important to blue whales and whether tho...