This paper presents a critical review of methods for estimating absolute or relative age in
marine mammals. Absolute age is achieved by counting growth layer groups (GLGs) in hard …

Data on sex ratios, age classes, reproductive success and health status are key metrics to
manage populations, yet can be difficult to collect in wild cetacean populations. Long‐term …

Both survival and reproduction are important fitness components, and thus critical to the
viability of wildlife populations. Preventing one death (survival) or contributing one newborn …

Understanding the drivers underlying fluctuations in the size of animal populations is central
to ecology, conservation biology, and wildlife management. Reliable estimates of survival …

The main observed effects of climate change on marine mammals globally have been
geographical range shifts and loss of habitat through ice cover loss, changes to the food …

Citizen scientists provide a cost-effective means of carrying out broad scale, long-term
monitoring of the environment while fostering earth stewardship. In this study we investigate …

Assessing the abundance of wildlife populations is essential to their effective conservation
and management. Concerns have been raised over the vulnerability of tropical inshore …

Abstract Before the 2020 COVID‐19 pandemic, cruise ship tourism had been one of the
fastest growing segments of global tourism, presenting a range of potential impacts. At …

Between-female variation in reproductive output provides a strong measure of individual
fitness and a quantifiable measure of the health of a population which may be highly …

Marine mammal populations often have “hotspots” of distribution. Understanding what drives
these is important for understanding relationships with habitat and evaluating exposure to …