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Previous Meetings of ACS Monterey Bay

The Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society meets on the last Thursday of each month. Refreshments are served at 7 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. These meetings are free and open to the public.

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DATE TOPIC
SPEAKER(S)
July 2010 ACS barbecue, honoring Citizen of the Year Steven K. Webster, Ph.D. Contact: Diane Glim
June 2010 Integrating Biological, Bioacoustic and Behavioral Response Studies of Marine Mammals in southern California Brandon Southall, Ph. D., Southall Environmental Associates (SEA) Inc. and UCSC, Principal Investigator: SOCAL-10
May 2010 Ricketts and Steinbeck in the Sea of Cortez Steven K. Webster, Ph. D., Monterey Bay Aquarium
April 2010 Viva Vaquita: Can We Save the World's Most Endangered Marine Mammal? Thomas A. Jefferson, Ph. D., Cetos Research Organization
March 2010 Northern Elephant Seals (Mirounga angustirostris) Guy Oliver, Ph. D.
February 2010 Unraveling the Secret Lives of Sharks and Rays Greg Cailliet, Ph. D., Professor Emeritus, Moss Landing Marine Labs and Program Director, Pacific Shark Research Center
January 2010 Harbor Seals: Monterey Bay and Beyond Colleen Young, M.S. Marine Science
December 2009 Discussion of selected readings from WATCHING GIANTS: The Secret Lives of Whales Elin Kelsey, Ph. D, Conservation Scientist and Author
October 2009 The Ultra Friendly Gray Whales of San Ignacio Lagoon Jerry Loomis, Naturalist and ACS Chapter Board Member
September 2009 Fishes And Their Living Habitat: How The "Garden" Grows Allen Hia Andrews, Ph. D., Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
August 2009 Coastal Dolphin Project Daniela Maldini, Ph. D., CEO and Chief Scientist for OKEANIS: Research and Conservation for a Sustainable Ocean
July 2009 ACS barbecue, honoring Sheila Baldridge and Carol Maehr Contact: Diane Glim
June 2009 Not just a pretty face: Understanding California's Sea Otters Gena Bentall, Research Biologist, Monterey Bay Aquarium
May 2009 Swimming with Humpback Whales on the Silver Bank: a photograph journey Jodi Frediani, Photographer and Swimmer
April 2009 Capturing the Critically Endangered Vaquita ... with a Camera Thomas A. Jefferson, Ph. D., Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries Service
March 2009 Reconstruction of the Historical Population Size of the Antarctic Minke Whale Kristen C. Ruegg, Ph.D., Palumbi Lab, Hopkins Marine Station
February 2009 Jelly Blooms and Climate Change; and, Deep Sea Jellies Chad Widmer, Senior Aquarist and Jelly Wrangler
January 2009 Characterization of rocky intertidal and kelp forest habitats along the Big Sur coast Steve I. Lonhart, Ph.D.
December 2008 Biomechanical Process Uniformities in Lunge-Feeding Rorqual Whales Brian W. Kot, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA
October 2008 Double Feature THE MYSTERY OF LAGUNA BAJA and CALIFORNIA SEA LIONS: An Unforgettable Encounter  Video presentation
September 2008 Swimming with Sea Monsters, 22 years as a California sea urchin diver Tom Kendrick, Sea Urchin Diver and Author
August 2008 Presentation by Dr. Daniel Costa Dr. Daniel Costa, UCSC
July 2008 ACS barbecue, honoring Jerry Loomis Contact: Diane Glim
June 2008 Penguins of the World Debra Shearwater, Shearwater Journeys
May 2008 Bryant Austin: An Artist Working Intimately With Whales To Save Them Bryant Austin, Artist and Conservationist
April 2008 The Friendly Whales of Baja Bernardo Alps, President, Los Angeles Chapter, ACS
March 2008 Dispersal Patterns and Social Structure of Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in Central California Laurie Hall, Masters Candidate, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
February 2008 The Effects Of The Snail Species Tegula brunnea On The Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, In Central California Selena McMillan, Marine Ecologist and Masters Degree Candidate, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
January 2008 The Marine Life of the Santa Barbara Channel with a focus on Blue, Humpback, Gray and Killer Whales and several species of dolphin Captain Mat Curto of Condor Cruises
November 2007 From Killer Whales To Kelp Forests Dr. James Estes, National Biological Service, Santa Cruz, CA and University of California, Santa Cruz
October 2007 Video, The Science of Whales Introduced by Bob Mannix and featuring a segment by Don Croll, Ph.D.
September 2007 Leatherback Sea Turtles: a race for survival Speaker: George Shillinger, Ph.D. Candidate, Hopkins Marine Station
August 2007 California's Marine Life Protection Act and Marine Protected Areas Speaker: Jason Vasques, Associate Biologist, California Department of Fish and Game
June 2007 Sea Otters and Safe Seas: What can be done? Speaker: Steve Shimek, executive director of The Otter Project and the Monterey Coastkeeper
May 2007 Killer Whales: Their behavior and ecology in California waters Speaker: Nancy Black, Monterey Bay Whale Watch
April 2007 Laggard or Leviathan? The Future of the International Whaling Commission Speaker: Dr. William C.G. Burns
March 2007 Natural Wonders Of The Davidson Seamount Speaker: Rachel Saunders, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Feb. 2007 Eat Or Be Eaten: How Fish Make A Living In Their Cool, Wet Worlds Speaker: Dr. Lara Ferry-Graham
Jan. 2007 The North Pacific Right Whale: the world's rarest cetacean? Speaker: Kim Shelden, Biologist, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, NOAA Fisheries, Seattle
November 2006 Algal diversity manipulations: how seaweeds structure the rocky shore
Speaker: Dr. Michael Graham, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
October 2006 Gray Whale Obstacle Course; Jean-Michel Cousteau and Pam Stacey, producers
Film introduced by Alan Baldridge
September 2006 The Friendly Gray Whales of San Ignacio Lagoon
Speaker: Jerry Loomis, ACS/MB President
August 2006 Minke whales - baleen of death Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Stern
July 2006 Fifth annual ACS barbecue, honoring Harriet Mitteldorf Contact: Jerry Loomis
June 2006 Wind to Whales: the cycle of productivity leading to food abundance for baleen whales in Monterey Bay Speaker: Dr. Baldo Marinovic, University of California at Santa Cruz
May 2006 Sea Otters of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Speaker: Michelle Jeffries, Associate Curator of Mammals, Monterey Bay Aquarium
April 2006 Life Styles of White, Salmon, Mako and Blue Sharks in the North Pacific Speaker: Kevin Weng, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University
March 2006 The Humpback Whales of Tonga Speaker: Bryant Austin
Feb. 2006 Professor Ken Norris (1924-1998): scientist/teacher extraordinaire, from desert reptiles to Spinner dolphins in Hawaii and many stops in between Speaker: Guy W. Oliver, Ph.D., Research Associate, Institute of Marine Sciences, UC Santa Cruz
Jan. 2006 Monterey Abalone Divers from 1898 to 1943 and a Tribute to the Unknown Divers of Historic Cannery Row Speaker: A. L. "Scrap" Lundy
Dec. 2005 Using DNA to understand the population history of gray whales Speaker: Liz Alter, Ph.D. Candidate, Hopkins Marine Station
October 2005 California's Marine Life Protection Act -- A Brighter Future for the Central Coast
Speaker: Kaitilin Gaffney, Central Coast Program Manager, The Ocean Conservancy
September 2005 Mercury Concentrations in the Pacific Harbor Seal in Central California
Speaker: Tiffini Brookens, M.S. Candidate, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
August 2005 A Crystal Ball for Future Climate Change: is the past prologue?
Speaker: Franklin Schwing, Acting Director, NOAA/NMFS, Environmental Research Division, Pacific Grove
July 2005 Fourth annual ACS barbecue, honoring Randy Puckett Contact: Jerry Loomis
June 2005 SETI -- The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence
Speaker: Milos Radakovich, Science Educator
May 2005 Orcas of New Zealand
Speaker: Sarah Graham, Monterey Bay Whale Watch
April 2005 Marine Mammals of the Galapagos: Science, Conservation, and Management
Speaker: Daniel M. Palacios, NOAA/NMFS/Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory, Pacific Grove, CA
March 2005 Tales from the Sea of Cortez: following in the wake of Ricketts and Steinbeck
Speaker: William Gilly, Professor at Hopkins Marine Station
February 2005 Humpback Whales off Central America
Speaker: Kristin Rasmussen, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories and Cascadia Research Collective
January 2005 Development of diving in the threatened Australian Sea Lion: Trials of Adolescence in a Late Bloomer
Speaker: Shannon Fowler, Ph.D. Candidate, U.C. Santa Cruz
Dec. 2004 Contemporary Bowhead Subsistence Whaling in a Small Alaskan Community Speaker: Michael Galginaitis, Cultural Anthropologist
Oct. 2004 Antarctica Contrasts: the marine mammals and seabirds of New Zealand, the Sub-Antarctic Islands and the Ross Sea Speaker: Doug Cheeseman, Cheesemans' Ecology Safaris
Sept. 2004 Tale of Two Seabirds: life on wing and under wave Speakers: Hannahrose Nevins and Josh Adams
August 2004 Third annual ACS barbecue and celebration of Jud Vandevere's birthday Contact: Jerry Loomis
July 2004 Wild Dolphins and Whales of Southern California
Speaker: Captain Dave Anderson,
Dolphin Safari, Dana Point, CA
June 2004 Sea Otters and Recreational Activities: Is there evidence in these interactions of chronic stress in otters and how can this be managed?
Speaker: Deborah Benham, Animal Behavior and Ecology Research Group, University of Nottingham, England
May 2004 The Ultra-Friendly Gray Whales of San Ignacio Lagoon
Speaker: Jerry Loomis, ACS/MB President and retired Marine Ranger, Point Lobos State Reserve
April 2004 A Tale of Two Seals: Northern Elephant and Harbor Seals
Speaker: Suzi Eszterhas, Wildlife and Landscape Photographer
March 2004 Whalefalls: new insights into ecology on the deep sea floor
Speaker: Robert Vrijenhoek, Senior Scientist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
February 2004 Western Gray Whales: Overview and Current Concerns for the Population
Speaker: Bridget Watts, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
January 2004 Whale Watching: does pre-trip education add to the enjoyment of whale watching customers on Monterey Bay?
Speaker: Hirofumi Sano, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University
December 2003 The Mystery of the Minkes: a video presentation
A 50-minute video of the role of the vessel "Undersea Explorer" in Minke studies
October 2003 Studying Whales: a genetic perspective
Speaker: Professor Stephen Palumbi, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University
September 2003 Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: current issues being discussed in a review of the management plan
Speaker: Sean Morton, Management Plan Coordinator, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
August 2003 River dolphins of the Peruvian Amazon
Speaker: Dr. Guy W. Oliver, Research Associate, Long Marine Laboratory, Institute of Marine Sciences, UCSC
June 2003 On the Origin of Cetaceans -- Whales are from Venus; dolphins are from Mars
Speaker: Milos Radakovich, coastal naturalist & director of Bay Net volunteer program
May 2003 Dwarf Minke Whales in Australia: the role of song in maintaining acoustic "territories" on the Great Barrier Reef
Speaker: Jason Gedamke, University of California at Santa Cruz
April 2003 Belugas: management of ancients in a modern world
Speaker: Ree Brennin, Education Department, Monterey Bay Aquarium
March 2003 Voyage to the Davidson Seamount
Speaker: Dr. George Matsumoto, Education and Research Specialist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
February 2003 Bottlenose Dolphin maternal care: does parenting improve with experience?
Speaker: Caryn Owen, Science Director, Friends of the Sea Otter and Part-Time Professor, Foothill College, Los Altos Hills
January 2003 Secret Killers of Monterey Bay: a video on the orcas of the Monterey area, filmed by Paul and Grace Niska Atkins together with Anne Marie Hammers and narrated by Edward Norton
Discussion leaders: Richard Ternullo and Alan Baldridge
December 2002 Leatherback Sea Turtles: powerful swimmers, from Monterey Bay to Papua New Guinea?
Speaker: Scott Benson, National Marine Fisheries Service and Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML)
October 2002 Sea Cows and Seagrasses: how methods recently developed by scientists can help us understand present and prehistoric feeding habits and what they tell us about the environment of those times
Speaker: Mark Clementz, Earth Sciences, University of California at Santa Cruz
September 2002 The Friendly Gray Whales of San Ignacio Lagoon
Speaker: Jerry Loomis, ACS/MB President and retired Marine Ranger, Point Lobos State Reserve
August 2002 Harbor Seals: the dispersal and feeding habits of recently weaned pups
Speaker: Stori Oates, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
July 2002 First Annual Salmon Barbecue
Contact: Jerry Loomis
June 2002 British Columbia underwater and above
Speaker: Dan Gotshall, Marine Biologist and Professional Underwater Photographer
May 2002 Keiko - the journey home
Speaker: Chuck Davis, Professional Underwater Photographer and Cinematographer
April 2002 The Galapagos: a microcosm of conflicts over evolution
Speaker: David Epel: Professor of Biological Sciences, Hopkins Marine Station
March 2002 Sea Otter Pup Survival: rehabilitated compared with free-ranging
Speaker: Krista Hanni, Wildlife Center, University of California, Davis and the Monterey Bay Aquarium
February 2002 California Marine Conservation: a fresh perspective?
Speaker: Kaitilin Gaffney, Director, The Ocean Conservancy, Santa Cruz Field Office
January 2002 Beluga Whales of Cook Inlet, Alaska: recent research and conservation issues
Speaker: Dr. Rod Hobbs, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, WA
November 2001 Pollution Ecology in the Antarctic
Speaker: Stacy L. Kim, Adjunct Professor, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
October 2001 Tracking Blue and Humpback Whales off California and in the North Pacific
Speaker: John Calambokidis, Cascadia Research, Olympia, WA
September 2001 Marine mammals off the central California coast: the effects of upwelling and other oceanographic events on their distribution
Speaker: Carol Keiper, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories and the Oceanic Society
August 2001 Midway Atoll: Spinner Dolphin research and seabird monitoring
Speaker: Carol Maehr, Docent Administrator, Point Lobos State Reserve
July 2001 The Humpback Whales of Silver Bank, Dominican Republic
Speaker: Esta Lee Albright, Whale Watch Naturalist
June 2001 Killer Whales of Peninsula Valdez, Patagonia
Speaker: Tierney Thys, Sea Studios Foundation, Monterey and National Geographic Channel
May 2001 Antarctica, The Falklands and South Georgia Island: An Ocean Lover's Paradise
Speaker: Debra Love Shearwater, Shearwater Journeys
April 2001 Whale Sharks: their natural history, biology and conservation
Speaker: John O'Sullivan, Monterey Bay Aquarium
March 2001 Marine Mammals of the Channel Islands National Park and adjacent waters
Speaker: Captain Fred Benko, owner/skipper "The Condor", Santa Barbara
February 2001 Harbor Seals in Monterey Bay: their social structure and underwater behavior
Speaker: Teri Nicholson, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
January 2001 Migration Timing and Mortality in Gray Whales: have there been changes in recent years?
Speaker: Kim Shelden, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, NOAA/NMFS, Seattle
Nov/Dec 2000 The Development of Diving Abilities in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
Speaker: Shawn Noren, University of California, Santa Cruz
October 2000 Northern Fur Seals: dramatic changes over time in their occurrence in Central California
Speaker: Robert K. Burton, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
September 2000 SLEWTHS: Science Learning and Experimenting With the Help of Sea Lions
Speaker: Dr. Jenifer Hurley, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
August 2000 Sea Lions and Gray Whales: reasons for the recent increase of mortalities along the Central California Coast
Speaker: Dr. Frances Gulland, Director of Veterinary Science, Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito
July 2000 Under Antarctic Ice
Speaker: Norbert Wu
June 2000 Not Afraid to Ask: Confessions of a Whalewatch Naturalist
Speaker: Esta Lee Albright
May 2000 The Impacts of Global Warming on Marine Mammals
Speaker: Dr. Jim Harvey, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
April 2000 Marine Mammals and Seabirds: the impact of gillnets in Central California
Speaker: Dr. Karin A. Forney, Research Biologist, Protected Resources Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, La Jolla
March 2000 Baleen whales and other cetaceans of the Monterey region: observations of a coastal upwelling system spanning an El Nino event
Speaker: Scott Benson, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
Febuary 2000 Sea lions and salmon fisheries: Monterey Bay interactions
Speaker: Michael J. Weise, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
January 2000 Sea Otters and Environmental Health: what is currently understood about the complex factors affecting the decline of this species
Speaker: David Jessup, Senior Wildlife Veterinarian, California Dept. of Fish and Game, Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center, Santa Cruz.
Nov/Dec 1999 The Jelly Web: life in the ocean's midwaters
Speaker: Bruce Robison, Senior Scientist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
October 1999 Gray Whales and Elephant Seals
Speaker: Frank Balthis, Interpretive Naturalist and Professional Wildlife Photographer
September 1999 Leatherback Turtles of the U.S. Virgin Islands: an Earthwatch Institute perspective
Speaker: Marsha McMahan Zelus
August 1999 Harps and Hoods: Ice seals of the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Speaker: Alan Baldridge, Librarian/Emeritus, Hopkins Marine Station; ACS/MB Board Member
July 1999 Early whaling: the "good" old days in Monterey
Speaker: Tim Thomas, Director of Public Programs, Maritime Museum of Monterey
June 1999 The Manatee Voice: an Antillean and Florida perspective
Speaker: Jose Alicea-Pou, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
May 1999 Journey to Svalbard: marine mammals and other wildlife of the Arctic Ocean
Speaker: Roger Luckenbach, Fresno City College
April 1999 Bottlenose Dolphins/Silky Shark interactions at Cocos Island, Costa Rica
Speaker: Alejandro Acevedo-Gutierrez, Institute of Marine Science, UC Santa Cruz
March 1999 They are not saved yet: the Gray whales and the Makah
Speakers: Steph Dutton and Captain Heidi Tiura
February 1999 Minke Whales of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Speaker: Jason Gedamke, University of California, Santa Cruz
January 1999 Killer Whales in the Monterey Bay Region
Speakers: Nancy Black, Monterey Bay Whale Watch and Richard Ternullo, Skipper, Sam's Fishing Fleet and Past-President of ACS Monterey Bay
Nov/Dec 1998 Sea Otter Rehabilitation, Research and Conservation
Speaker: Michelle Staedler, Monterey Bay Aquarium
October 1998 Marine Reserves: Research and Fisheries Management
Speaker: Mary Yoklavich, Biologist, Pacific Fisheries Environmental Group, NOAA, Pacific Grove
September 1998 Right Whales in the North Pacific
Speaker: Jim Scarff, Berkeley
August 1998 Blue Whales, Krill and Canyons
Speaker: Don Croll, Institute of Marine Science, UCSC
July 1998 Return to the Wild: the Completion of a Dolphin "Science Sabbatical"
Speaker: Michelle Jeffries, Monterey Bay Aquarium
June 1998 Harbor Seals in Monterey Bay: Their Diving Behavior and Movements
Tomo Eguchi, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
May 1998 The Galapagos Islands: an El Niño Perspective
Bill Lindsay, Monterey Peninsula College
Apr 1998 Elephant Seals of San Simeon
Milos Radakovich, Coastal Naturalist and BAY NET Coordinator
Mar 1998 Hawaiian Monk Seals: the Natural History, Biology and Conservation of an Endangered Phocid
Josh Adams, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
Feb 1998 Adaptation for Life in Noisy Marine Environments: the Effects of Both Natural and Man-made Sounds on Low Frequency Pinniped Hearing
Brandon Southall, University of California at Santa Cruz
Jan 1998 White Whales of Cook Inlet, Alaska
David Rugh, Rod Hobbs and Scott Hill - National Marine Mammal Laboratory, NMFS, Seattle
Nov/Dec 1997 Baja California - More Than Just Gray Whales
Linda Lewis, ACS National Trips Coordinator
October 1997 In the Path of Giants: Tracking the Gray Whale Migration by Sea Kayak
Steph Dutton and Heidi Tiura
September 1997 Foraging Ecology of Sea Otters in Elkhorn Slough
Jennifer Jolly, University of California at Santa Cruz
August 1997 Marine Mammals off Central California: an ATOC Perspective
John Calambokidis, Cascadia Research Collective, Olympia, WA
July 1997 Animal Social Cognition and Communication, with an Emphasis on Marine Mammals
Dr. Ron Schusterman, Long Marine Laboratory, University of California at Santa Cruz
June 1997 Male Northern Elephant Seals: Mating Success and Paternity
Michelle Denise Wainstein, University of California at Santa Cruz
May 1997 Current Research at the Tuna Research and Conservation Center, Hopkins Marine Station/Monterey Bay Aquarium
Dr. Barbara Block, Hopkins Marine Station
April 1997 Hawaiian Humpbacks: An EARTHWATCH Perspective
Carol Maehr, ACS Monterey Bay member and Point Lobos Docent Administrator
March 1997 The Gray Whale Lagoons of Baja California
Judson Vandevere, Naturalist
February 1997 Harbor Seal Pups: An Assessment of Rehabilitated and Free-Ranging Pup Success in the Wild
Michele Lander, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories and Marine Mammal Center
January 1997 Bowhead Whales in Alaskan Waters: An Overview of Two Decades of Research
David Rugh, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, NOAA, Seattle
Nov/Dec 1996 Coastal Bottlenose Dolphins in Monterey Bay
Daniela M. Feinholz, Moss Landing Marine Lab
October 1996 The World's Whales: Currents in Conservation
Stan Butler, Executive Director, Whales Alive
September 1996 Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: Research in Progress, with a Discussion of Future Needs
Andrew De Vogelaere, Research Coordinator, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
August 1996 Changes in Tidepool Animals Observed at Hopkins Marine Station
Rafe D. Sagarin, University of California at Santa Barbara and Hopkins Marine Station
July 1996 Sea Otters of the Pacific Rim: Threats and Conservation Needs, an Update
Ellen Faurot-Daniels, Science Director, Friends of the Sea Otter
June 1996 Marine Mammal Visual and Acoustic Communication
Thomas R. Kieckhefer, Pacific Cetacean Group (PCG)
May 1996 MBARI Ocean Acoustic Observatory - Real Time Monitoring System
Dr. Khosrow "Lash" Lashkari, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
April 1996 Diversity in Feeding and Activity of the California Sea Lion in Baja California
Tony Orr, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
March 1996 Harbor Seals and Pollutants Along the Pacific Coast Doreen G. Moser, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
February 1996 Common Dolphins: The Long and the Short of It
Libby Osnes-Erie, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
January 1996 Recent Gray Whale Studies: Calving in California Waters and an Update on the Current and Ongoing Census.
Kim Sheldon and Janice Waite, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, NOAA, Seattle

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