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Acoustic detection and satellite-tracking leads to discovery of rare concentration of endangered North Pacific right whales
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The North Pacific right whale,Eubalaena japonica, is one of the most endangered species of whale in the world. On 10 August 2004, two right whales were located in the Bering Sea using headings to right whale calls provided by directional sonobuoys. A satellite-monitored radio tag attached to one of these whales functioned for 40 days. Over the 40-day period, this whale moved throughout a large part of the southeast Bering Sea shelf, including areas of the outer-shelf where right whales have not been seen in decades. In September, multiple right whales were acoustically located and subsequently sighted by another survey vessel approaching a near-real-time position from the tag. An analysis of photographs confirmed at least 17 individual whales (not including the tagged whales). Genetic analysis of biopsy samples identified 17 individuals: 10 males and 7 females. The discovery of seven females was significant, as only one female had been identified in the past. Genetics also confirmed the presence of at least two calves. Although the future of this population is highly uncertain, the discovery of additional females and calves gives some hope that this most critically endangered of all whale populations may still possess the capacity to recover.
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- Wade, P., Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., Shelden, K., Barlow, J., Carretta, J., Durban, J., LeDuc, R., Munger, L., Rankin, S., Sauter, A., & Stinchcomb, C.
- Affiliations
- NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (US)
- Greenland Institute of Natural ResourcesPO Box 570, 3900 Nuuk, Greenland
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography (US)
- Corresponding author
- Shelden, Kim
- Venue
- Biology Letters
- Publisher
- The Royal Society
- Published
- 2006-04-18
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 417-419
- ISSN
- 1744-9561 (ISSN-L)
- 1744-957X
- PMC
- PMC1686182
- OpenAlex
- W2141602835
- Cited by
- 66
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 6
- FWCI
- 2.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Biology Letters (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Pinngortitaleriffik
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Marine animal studies overview
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Keywords
- North Pacific right whale, Eubalaena japonica, acoustic detection, satellite telemetry, radio tagging, Bering Sea, population recovery, calf presence
- MeSH terms
- Acoustics, Animals, Biopsy, Female, Humans, Male, Pacific Ocean, Spatial Behavior, Species Specificity, Time Factors, Genetic Variation, Vocalization, Animal, Whales
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