High mortality of blue, humpback and fin whales from modeling of vessel collisions on the U.S. West Coast suggests population impacts and insufficient protection

• R. Cotton Rockwood ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: crockwood@pointblue.org

  Affiliation Point Blue Conservation Science, Petaluma, California, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1231-4221

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• John Calambokidis,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cascadia Research Collective, Olympia, Washington, United States of America

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• Jaime Jahncke

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Point Blue Conservation Science, Petaluma, California, United States of America

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