Using Photo ID to Examine Injuries in Eastern Pacific Gray Whales: From Calving to Feeding Grounds and Along the Migratory Corridor

• Main Author: Conner, Laura
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: InSPIRe @ Redlands 2011
• Subjects: Eastern Pacific Gray Whales; migration patterns; photograph identification; feeding grounds; Animal Sciences; Environmental Monitoring; Marine Biology; Research Methods in Life Sciences; Canada; Lanes; Pacific; Redondo; Killer Whale; North Atlantic; North Atlantic right whale; Killer whale
• Online Access: https://inspire.redlands.edu/cas_honors/499; https://inspire.redlands.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1230&context=cas_honors

The Eastern Pacific population of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) migrates along the west coast of North America every year; this migration brings them into close contact with shipping lanes and fishing operations which present major anthropogenic (human caused) threats to gray whales. The purpo...