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Killer whales

Social associations and habitat selection delineate two subpopulations of west coast transient killer whales (Orcinus orca rectipinnus) in the California Current System

Josh D. McInnes, Andrew W. Trites, [ ... ], Paula A. Olson

Vocalization behaviors in captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis)

Weijie Fu, Zhongchang Song, [ ... ], Yu Zhang

Modeling the detection range of pulsed calls from resident killer whale in nearshore waters of British Columbia, Canada

Xavier Mouy, Melanie Austin, Jennifer Wladichuk, Harald Yurk

Incorporating sparse labels into hidden Markov models using weighted likelihoods improves accuracy and interpretability in biologging studies

Evan Sidrow, Nancy Heckman, [ ... ], Marie Auger-Méthé

Drone-based observations of scarring patterns in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the New York Bight provide insight into foraging behavior and anthropogenic threats

Siobhan E. Keeling, Chelsi Napoli, [ ... ], Lesley H. Thorne

Tending the sick: Observations of epimeletic behavior in humpback whales towards conspecifics during entanglement events

Rachel Cartwright, Ed Lyman, [ ... ], Dorothy Horn

Prevalence of Chinook salmon is higher for southern than for northern resident killer whales in summer hot-spot feeding areas

Burak Saygili, Andrew W. Trites

Killer whale respiration rates

Tess M. McRae, Beth L. Volpov, [ ... ], Andrew W. Trites

Exploring odontocete depredation rates in a pelagic longline fishery

Eric Gilman, Milani Chaloupka, Aude Pacini, Eric Kingma

Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) post-mortem findings from December 2018 through 2021 during the Unusual Mortality Event in the Eastern North Pacific

Stephen Raverty, Pádraig Duignan, [ ... ], Deborah Fauquier

Analysis of protected species observer data: Strengths, weaknesses, and application in the assessment of marine mammal responses to seismic surveys in the northern Gulf of Mexico 2002–2015

Mary Jo Barkaszi, Christopher J. Kelly

Foraging behaviour and ecology of transient killer whales within a deep submarine canyon system

Josh D. McInnes, Kevin M. Lester, [ ... ], Andrew W. Trites

The combined effects of predation, fishing, and ocean productivity on salmon species targeted by marine mammals in the northeast Pacific

Fanny Couture, Villy Christensen, Carl Walters

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