Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The North Pacific right whale (NPRW; Eubalaena japonica) is one of the most endangered whale species (Brownell et al. 2001; Young et al. 2024). It comprises genetically distinct western and eastern populations (Pastene et al. 2022), both of which were decimated by legal and illegal whaling in the 19th and 20th centuries (Ivashchenko and Clapham 2012, Ivaschchenko, Clapham and Brownell 2017, Shelden et al. 2005). Today, the endangered western population is believed to number in the hundreds (Pastene et al. 2022), while the Critically Endangered eastern population numbers less than 50 (Cooke and Clapham 2018; Wade et al. 2011).
Source: Marine Mammal Science
DOI: 10.1111/mms.70054
Language: English
Subfield: Ecology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life below water
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,400
Funders: National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Marine Mammal Commission, University of Washington, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Science, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, North Pacific Research Board, Office of Naval Research, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Awards: Chukchi Acoustic, Oceanography and Zooplankton Study: Hanna Shoal (CHAOZ, CHAOZ-X including Arctic Whale Ecology Study (ArcWEST), Chukchi Offshore Monitoring in Drilling Area (COMIDA): Factors Affecting the Distribution and Relative Abundance of Endangered Whales and Other Marine Mammals in the Chukchi Sea, Arctic Whale Ecology Study: Use of the Chukchi Sea by Endangered Baleen and Other Whales, G7826785716
OpenAlex ID: W4412915720