Abstracts of Oral Presentations at Scientific
Conferences
Based on Marine Mammal Research Projects
Supported by the NEFSC during 1990-95
[All listed abstracts available from: Protected Species Branch,
Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 166 Water Street, Woods Hole MA 02543.]
Ninth
Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals;
Chicago, Illinois; December 5-9, 1991
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| 1. |
Abend, A.; Smith, T.D.; Fry, B. 1991. Ecology
of pilot whales studied with stable isotope tracers in whale tissues and
stomach contents. |
| 2. |
Allen, J.; Rosenbaum, H.; Katona, S.; Clapham, P.; Mattila,
D. 1991. Regional and sexual differences in fluke pigmentation
of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) from the North Atlantic
Ocean. |
| 3. |
Ellis, S.; Gray, B.; Clapham, P.; Hain, J. 1991. Apparent bottom-feeding
by humpback whales in Massachusetts Bay. |
| 4. |
Fairfield, C.; Waring, G.; Sano, M.; Nicolas, J.
1991. Cetaceans on the edge. |
| 5. |
Hain, J.H.W.; Ellis, S.L.; Kenney, R.K. 1991. Airships, a new
platform for marine mammal research: early results. |
| 6. |
Kraus, S.; Kenney, R.; Knowlton, A. 1991. North Atlantic right
whales in the southeastern United States: 1984-1991. |
| 7. |
Mayo, C.; Goldman, L. 1991. Right whale foraging
decisions at the patch margin. |
| 8. |
Palka, D.; Smith, T. 1991. Line-transect
surveys used to describe ship avoidance of harbor porpoise in the Gulf
of Maine. |
| 9. |
Smith, T.; Mayo, C.; Marx, M. 1991. How crooked
is a right whale’s path? |
Tenth Biennial
Conference on the
Biology of Marine Mammals;
Galveston, Texas; November 11-15, 1993 |
| 10. |
Abend, A.; Finn, J.; Smith, T.D. 1993. Diet
prediction of the long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) using
carbon and nitrogen stable isotope tracers. |
| 11. |
Bisack, K.; Northridge, S.P. 1993. Factors
affecting harbor porpoise catch rates in the Gulf of Maine sink gillnet
fishery. |
| 12. |
Brault, S.; Desportes; G.; Caswell, H. 1993. Estimation of foetus
mortality in North Atlantic long-finned pilot whales
(Globicephala melas). |
| 13. |
Ellis, S.; Hain, J.; Kenney, R. 1993. Sightability
of right whales based on dive and respiration patterns observed from a
blimp. |
| 14. |
Garrett-Logan, N.; Smith, T.D.; Palka, D.; Potter, D.
1993. Prototype pen-based computer system for recording line-transect
sighting data. |
| 15. |
Griffin R.B.; Griffin, N.J. 1993. From plankton
to whales: a study in identifying characteristics of cetacean habitat. |
| 16. |
Hain, J.H.W. 1993. Ship strikes on right
whales in the coastal waters of the SE United States: a paradigm for action. |
| 17. |
Nicolas, J.; Williams, A.; Repucci, G. 1993. Observations of
beaked whales (Mesoplodon sp.) in the western North
Atlantic Ocean. |
| 18. |
Northridge, S. 1993. The use of a geographical
information system (GIS) in exploring cetacean habitat use. |
| 19. |
Palka, D. 1993. The presence of ship avoidance
during a line-transect survey of harbor porpoise in the Gulf of Maine. |
| 20. |
Potter, D.C.; Palka, D.L.; Read, A.J.; Nicolas, J.R.
1993. A field study of the spring migration and habitat use of harbor
porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the Penobscot Bay area of central
Maine. |
| 21. |
Read, A.J.; Craddock, J.E.; Hohn, A.A.; Nicolas, J.R.
1993. Life history and diet of harbor porpoises in the Gulf of Maine. |
| 22. |
Smith, T.D.; Bisack, K.; Garrett-Logan, N.; Kander, M.;
Mayo, R.; Northridge, S.; Palka, D.; Sheehan, D.; Walden, J. 1993. Estimating
the effects of season-area controls on fishing on by-catch and
landings. |
| 23. |
Waring, G.T. 1993. Spatial patterns of six
cetaceans along a linear habitat. |
Eleventh
Biennial Conference on
the Biology of Marine Mammals;
Orlando, Florida; December 14-18, 1995 |
| 24. |
Caswell, H.; Brault, S.; Read, A.; Smith, T. 1995. Uncertainty
analysis of population growth rate and the significance of bycatch mortality
in Northwest Atlantic harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena). |
| 25. |
Hohn, A.; Scott, M.; Westgate, A.; Nicolas, J.; Whitaker,
B. 1995. Radiotracking of a rehabilitated pygmy sperm whale. |
| 26. |
McLellan, W.A.; Pabst, D.A.; Read, A.J.; Nicolas, J.R.;
Potter, C.W. 1995. Mass composition of stranded and incidentally
taken harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the western North
Atlantic Ocean. |
| 27. |
Palka, D.L. 1995. The sightability of Gulf
of
Maine harbor porpoises. |
| 28. |
Rubenstein, B.L.; Waring, G.T. 1995. Spatial
and temporal patterns in pinniped entanglements in the Gulf of Maine sink
gillnet fishery and relation to prey availability and consumption. |
| 29. |
Sheehan, D.; Waring, G.T.; Williams, A.S. 1995. Sperm whale and
beaked whale distribution and habitat use in shelf-edge and oceanic waters
off the northeast U.S. coast. |
Lighter-Than-Air Technical
Workshop;
Weeksville, North Carolina; June 9-11,
1992 |
| 30. |
Hain, J.H.W. 1992. Airships as a platform
for whale research. |
Tenth Lighter-Than-Air Systems
Technology Conference;
Scottsdale, Arizona; September 14-16,
1993 |
| 31. |
Hain, J.H.W. 1993. Airships for whale research:
1993 update. |
Fifth Biennial Conference of
the
American Cetacean Society;
Monterey, California; November 6-8,
1992 |
| 32. |
Hain, J.H.W. 1992. Whale research from airships:
a new perspective. |
