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Search Results for: whale
Chinook swim bladder smaller than sockeye & coho?
clipped from sciencenow.sciencemag.org Sounds Like My Favorite Fish By Phil BerardelliScienceNOW Daily News12 November 2008 Some of the killer whales off the coast of Washington state are picky eaters, preferring Chinook salmon even though the coho and sockeye varieties are … Continue reading
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OR salmon threatened by increased logging
The tough balance between logging and fishing continues along the Oregon coast. Killer whales aren’t even on the distant radar in this article… clipped from www.oregonlive.com Coastal salmon at center of forest debate by Michael Milstein, The Oregonian Tuesday December … Continue reading
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No mention of orcas in Columbia salmon injunction email
The appended email from the “Columbia and Snake River Campaigns” provides a helpful synopsis (despite the awful typos) of recent legal activity regarding the management of salmon in the river system. I find it noteworthy that the supporting quotes (and … Continue reading
Orcas to come up empty mouthed in CA?
The southern residents typically migrate all the way down to California’s Monterey Bay, often arriving there in January. The presumably feed on salmon returning to or departing WA, OR, and CA rivers. Below is an interesting article — in part … Continue reading
Dave Dix, Brad Hanson, and Robin Baird on KUOW
This is an hour-long conversation about southern resident killer whales involving Dave Dix, Brad Hanson, and Robin Baird on KUOW’s weekday with Steve Sher. With luck there will be similar conversations about the state of Puget Sound as we all … Continue reading
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Marine mammals and climate change
Notes on a talk by Sue Moore entitled “Marine Mammals: Insight to climate change through surveys and song” at UW (16:00-16:45) Overarching question: are grey whales a sentinel species to climate change in the Arctic and North Pacific? Polar bears … Continue reading
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Theses
1986: Feeding ecology of the killer whale (4.4Mb) “Feeding ecology of the killer whale (Orcinus orca)” by Fred Felleman. A Masters thesis (177 pages) from the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington. 1988: Association patterns and social … Continue reading
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Library
Theses Masters and PhD theses related to orcas and their ecosystem(s). 2002: Do orcas use symbols? (208K) An online treatise by Howard Garrett positing that the theory of symbolic interactionism may help account for the divergent and complex cultural traditions … Continue reading
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List of near-real-time sensors in orca habitat
There is an increasing number of near-real-time sensors like webcams out in SRKW habitat. In an effort to keep abreast of these resources (as a community), you can now access and modify my list of favorite sensors for monitoring orca … Continue reading
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Neah Bay hydrophone streaming live
With special thanks for support from the Makah Tribe and coordination by Jon Scordino, there is now underwater sound streaming live from Neah Bay via the Salish Sea hydrophone network. The network is an experiment in human and automated monitoring … Continue reading