Published on 2017 10 26 | by Raincoast | in Scientific Literature
The endangered Southern Resident killer whales (SRKWs) that inhabit the Pacific Coast of Canada and the United States are balancing on a knife-edge. New research conducted by an international team of renowned scientists representing academic and conservation organizations in three countries…
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Published on 2017 07 28 | by Raincoast | in Scientific Literature
Building on Raincoast’s five years spent surveying marine mammals on the BC coast, a new approach to linking environmental conditions with marine mammal densities has identified hotspots of marine mammal biodiversity…
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Published on 2017 07 24 | by Raincoast | in Scientific Literature
Using BC as a case study, this paper develops a framework for examining risk to oil spills faced by marine mammals. We found that in BC, killer whales (residents and transients), sea otters, and Steller sea lions face the greatest risk of population level consequences, but that many BC marine mammals are at elevated risk…
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Published on 2016 01 06 | by Raincoast | in Scientific Literature
Distribution and abundance estimates from five years (seven seasons) of marine mammal survey in BC’s coastal waters.
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Published on 2009 09 14 | by Raincoast | in Uncategorized
Williams, R. and L. Thomas. 2007. Distribution and abundance of marine mammals in the coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. 9(1):15-28 Marine mammal abundance paper.pdf
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Thomas, L., R. Williams, and D. Sandilands, D. 2007. Designing line transect surveys for complex survey regions. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. 9(1):1-13, Survey Design Paper.pdf
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