BR: Whale research resources

Whale speaker list

• Christopher Clark (Cornell): Long distance blue whale calls
• Roger Payne (Ocean Alliance): Sperm whales inform global pollution
• Craig Smith (U Hawaii): Whale falls in the deep sea
• Steve Palumbi (Stanford): Whale history from DNA

Whale research threads

• Preliminary Draft Conservation Plan (March 14, 2005)
• Canada Draft Recovery Strategy (March 16, 2005)
• Eric, stats, and DNA modeling
  • Palumbi's whale genetics Nature paper (PDF)
  • Follow-on Nature letters (PDF)
• BC Sighting Network
• OrcaNetwork (local archives)

Acoustics

• NOAA/PMEL acoustics primer
• OVAL sound basics
• Wave tutorial

Local non-profits

• The Whale Museum, Friday Harbor, WA, USA
• Johnstone Strait Killer Whale Interpretive Centre Society, Telegraph Cove, BC, Canada

Miscellanea

• Crum refs re Pilot whales and acoustic bubble formation
• Denardo et al, 2001
• Mellinger's Acoustic Assessment Workshop Report (PDF)
• Stafford: Blue whales in N Pacific (2001) (PDF)
• orca research directory