A collaborative and near-comprehensive North Pacific humpback whale photo-ID dataset by Ted Cheeseman, Ken Southerland, Jo Marie Acebes, Katherina Audley, Jay Barlow, Lars Bejder, Caitlin Birdsall, Amanda L. Bradford, Josie K. Byington, John Calambokidis, Rachel Cartwright, Jen Cedarleaf, Andrea Jacqueline García Chavez, Jens J. Currie, Joëlle De Weerdt, Nicole Doe, Thomas Doniol-Valcroze, Karina Dracott, Olga Filatova, Rachel Finn, Kiirsten Flynn, John K. B. Ford, Astrid Frisch-Jordán, Christine M. Gabriele, Beth Goodwin, Craig Hayslip, Jackie Hildering, Marie C. Hill, Jeff K. Jacobsen, M. Esther Jiménez-López, Meagan Jones, Nozomi Kobayashi, Edward Lyman, Mark Malleson, Evgeny Mamaev, Pamela Martínez Loustalot, Annie Masterman, Craig Matkin, Christie J. McMillan, Jeff E. Moore, John R. Moran, Janet L. Neilson, Hayley Newell, Haruna Okabe, Marilia Olio, Adam A. Pack, Daniel M. Palacios, Heidi C. Pearson, Ester Quintana-Rizzo, Raul Fernando Ramírez Barragán, Nicola Ransome, Hiram Rosales-Nanduca, Fred Sharpe, Tasli Shaw, Stephanie H. Stack, Iain Staniland, Jan Straley, Andrew Szabo, Suzie Teerlink, Olga Titova, Jorge Urban R., Martin van Aswegen, Marcel Vinicius de Morais, Olga von Ziegesar, Briana Witteveen, Janie Wray, Kymberly M. Yano, Denny Zwiefelhofer, Phil Clapham

“…Abstract We present an ocean-basin-scale dataset that includes tail fluke photographic identification (photo-ID) and encounter data for most living individual humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the North Pacific Ocean. …”
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Migratory destinations and spatial structuring of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) wintering off Nicaragua by Joëlle De Weerdt, Aldo S. Pacheco, John Calambokidis, Melvin Castaneda, Ted Cheeseman, Astrid Frisch-Jordán, Frank Garita Alpízar, Craig Hayslip, Pamela Martínez-Loustalot, Daniel M. Palacios, Ester Quintana-Rizzo, Nicola Ransome, Jorge Urbán Ramírez, Phillip Clapham, Tom Van der Stocken

“…Abstract Understanding the migratory patterns of large whales is of conservation importance, especially in identifying threats to specific populations. …”
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Combining Regional Habitat Selection Models for Large-Scale Prediction: Circumpolar Habitat Selection of Southern Ocean Humpback Whales by Ryan R. Reisinger, Ari S. Friedlaender, Alexandre N. Zerbini, Daniel M. Palacios, Virginia Andrews-Goff, Luciano Dalla Rosa, Mike Double, Ken Findlay, Claire Garrigue, Jason How, Curt Jenner, Micheline-Nicole Jenner, Bruce Mate, Howard C. Rosenbaum, S. Mduduzi Seakamela, Rochelle Constantine

“…Using random forests, we fitted a large-scale model relating humpback whale locations, versus background locations, to 10 environmental covariates, and made a circumpolar prediction of humpback whale habitat selection. …”
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An at-sea assessment of Argos location accuracy for three species of large whales, and the effect of deep-diving behavior on location error by Ladd M. Irvine, Martha H. Winsor, Tomas M. Follett, Bruce R. Mate, Daniel M. Palacios

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Biologically Important Areas II for cetaceans within U.S. and adjacent waters - West Coast Region by John Calambokidis, Michaela A. Kratofil, Michaela A. Kratofil, Michaela A. Kratofil, Daniel M. Palacios, Daniel M. Palacios, Barbara A. Lagerquist, Gregory S. Schorr, M. Bradley Hanson, Robin W. Baird, Karin A. Forney, Elizabeth A. Becker, R. Cotton Rockwood, Elliott L. Hazen

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Bellwethers of change: population modelling of North Pacific humpback whales from 2002 through 2021 reveals shift from recovery to climate response by Ted Cheeseman, Jay Barlow, Jo Marie Acebes, Katherina Audley, Lars Bejder, Caitlin Birdsall, Olga Solis Bracamontes, Amanda L. Bradford, Josie Byington, John Calambokidis, Rachel Cartwright, Jen Cedarleaf, Andrea Jacqueline García Chavez, Jens Currie, Rouenne Camille De Castro, Joëlle De Weerdt, Nicole Doe, Thomas Doniol-Valcroze, Karina Dracott, Olga Filatova, Rachel Finn, Kiirsten R. Flynn, John Ford, Astrid Frisch-Jordán, Chris Gabriele, Beth Goodwin, Craig Hayslip, Jackie Hildering, Marie C. Hill, Jeff K. Jacobsen, M. Esther Jiménez-López, Meagan Jones, Nozomi Kobayashi, Marc Lammers, Edward Lyman, Mark Malleson, Evgeny Mamaev, Pamela Martínez Loustalot, Annie Masterman, Craig O. Matkin, Christie McMillan, Jeff Moore, John Moran, Janet L. Neilson, Hayley Newell, Haruna Okabe, Marilia Olio, Christian D. Ortega-Ortiz, Adam A. Pack, Daniel M. Palacios, Heidi Pearson, Ester Quintana-Rizzo, Raul Ramírez Barragán, Nicola Ransome, Hiram Rosales-Nanduca, Fred Sharpe, Tasli Shaw, Ken Southerland, Stephanie Stack, Iain Staniland, Janice Straley, Andrew Szabo, Suzie Teerlink, Olga Titova, Jorge Urban-Ramirez, Martin van Aswegen, Marcel Vinicius, Olga von Ziegesar, Briana Witteveen, Janie Wray, Kymberly Yano, Igor Yegin, Denny Zwiefelhofer, Phil Clapham

“…For the 40 years after the end of commercial whaling in 1976, humpback whale populations in the North Pacific Ocean exhibited a prolonged period of recovery. …”
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Biologically Important Areas II for cetaceans within U.S. and adjacent waters – Hawaiʻi Region by Michaela A. Kratofil, Annette E. Harnish, Sabre D. Mahaffy, E. Elizabeth Henderson, Amanda L. Bradford, Stephen W. Martin, Barbara A. Lagerquist, Barbara A. Lagerquist, Daniel M. Palacios, Daniel M. Palacios, Erin M. Oleson, Robin W. Baird

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Priorities for ecological research on cetaceans in the Galápagos Islands by Daniel M. Palacios, Daniel M. Palacios, Mauricio Cantor, Mauricio Cantor

“…We also recommend capitalizing on local citizen science activities, such as those conducted from cruise ships and whale-watching tours, which can serve as platforms of opportunity for obtaining basic data, thereby contributing to long-term data acquisition. …”
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