Fin whales of the Great Bear Rainforest: Balaenoptera physalus velifera in a Canadian Pacific fjord system

• Eric M. Keen ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ericmkeen@gmail.com

  Affiliations North Coast Cetacean Society, Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada, Environmental Studies, Sewanee: The University of the South, Sewanee, TN, United States of America, Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3053-3612

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• James Pilkington,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

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• Éadin O’Mahony,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations North Coast Cetacean Society, Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada, Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0755-1329

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• Kim-Ly Thompson,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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• Benjamin Hendricks,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations North Coast Cetacean Society, Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada, SoundSpace Analytics, Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada

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• Nicole Robinson,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Gitga’at Oceans and Lands Department, Hartley Bay, British Columbia, Canada

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• Archie Dundas,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Gitga’at Oceans and Lands Department, Hartley Bay, British Columbia, Canada

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• Linda Nichol,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

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• Hussein M. Alidina,

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

  Affiliation WWF-Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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• Hermann Meuter,

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

  Affiliation Pacific Whale Society, Hartley Bay, British Columbia, Canada

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• Chris R. Picard,

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

  Affiliation Gitga’at Oceans and Lands Department, Hartley Bay, British Columbia, Canada

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• Janie Wray

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

  Affiliations North Coast Cetacean Society, Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Orca Society, Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada

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