The distribution of manta rays in the western North Atlantic Ocean off the eastern United States

NA Farmer, LP Garrison, C Horn, M Miller, T Gowan… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
In 2018, the giant manta ray was listed as threatened under the US Endangered Species
Act. We integrated decades of sightings and survey effort data from multiple sources in a …

Sperm whale acoustic abundance and dive behaviour in the western North Atlantic

A Westell, T Sakai, R Valtierra, SM Van Parijs… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Sperm whales are an ideal species to study using passive acoustic technology because
they spend the majority of their time underwater and produce echolocation clicks almost …

Acoustic presence and demographics of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) off southern New England and near a US offshore wind energy area

A Westell, TJ Rowell, N Posdaljian… - ICES Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Construction in the southern New England wind energy area (WEA), a large-scale offshore
wind farm on the east coast of the United States, started in June 2023. Baseline data was …

Detection of habitat shifts of cetacean species: A comparison between 2010 and 2017 habitat suitability conditions in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

S Chavez-Rosales, E Josephson, D Palka… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The simultaneous effects of human activities in the ocean and climate change have already
produced a series of responses from the marine ecosystems. With the potential increment of …

[PDF][PDF] Marine mammal density models for the US Navy Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (AFTT) study area for the Phase IV Navy Marine Species Density Database …

JJ Roberts, TM Yack, PN Halpin - Document version, 2023 - seamap.env.duke.edu
In the United States (US), national laws protect marine mammals. The Marine Mammal
Protection Act (MMPA) prohibits intentional or incidental killing, injuring, or harassment of …

Towards estimating marine wildlife abundance using aerial surveys and deep learning with hierarchical classifications subject to error

BC Augustine, MD Koneff, BA Pickens, JA Royle - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Aerial count surveys of wildlife populations are a prominent monitoring method for many
wildlife species. Traditionally, these surveys utilize human observers to detect, count, and …

[HTML][HTML] Passive acoustic surveys demonstrate high densities of sperm whales off the mid-Atlantic coast of the USA in winter and spring

O Boisseau, D Nowacek, DA Pabst, J Roberts… - Marine Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Oceans are increasingly crowded by anthropogenic activities yet the impact on Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS) marine life remains largely unquantified. The MAPS (Marine …

[PDF][PDF] Offshore wind energy development and north atlantic right whales

G Silber, A Dangerfield, J Smith, D Reeb… - Sterling (VA): US …, 2023 - espis.boem.gov
The growing demand for domestic energy development has prompted the rapid expansion
of offshore wind (OSW) in the United States (US). The Bureau of Ocean Energy …

Multiple datasets confirm range extension of the sicklefin devil ray Mobula tarapacana in the western North Atlantic Ocean off the eastern USA

JH Pate, JR Wilmott, C Jones, C Horn… - Journal of the Marine …, 2023 - cambridge.org
The sicklefin devil ray (Mobula tarapacana) is a large, pelagic ray which is listed as
Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Mobula …

Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Behavioral Events Observed During Aerial Surveys in the New York Bight, 2017-2020

AM Zoidis, KS Lomac-MacNair, MK Blees… - Aquatic …, 2023 - search.proquest.com
Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the US Atlantic Exclusive Economic Zone are
associated primarily with deeper offshore waters over the continental shelf edge, continental …