Recent Scientific Publications Cast Doubt on North Atlantic Right Whale Future
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1 New England Aquarium, Boston, MA, USA, 2 Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, USA, 3 Right Whale Ecology Program, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA, USA, 4 Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA, 5 Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA, 6 Nicholas School of the Environment and Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
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North Atlantic Right Whale Contact Call Detection
The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is an endangered species. These whales continuously suffer from deadly vessel impacts alongside the eastern coast of North America. There have been countless efforts to save the remaining 350 400 of them. One of the most prominent works is done by Marinexplore and Cornell University. A system of hydrophones linked to satellite connected-buoys...
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