The ‘New Normal’ Arctic ecosystem and the reliance of indigenous people on marine mammals for subsistence makes urgent the need for a comprehensive marine mammal health monitoring program linked to regional ocean observing systems. An Arctic-focused Marine Mammal Health Map (MMHM) framework could be initiated via expansion and coordination between regional Ocean Observing Systems and Community-...

Marine mammal identification and classification for passive acoustic monitoring remain a challenging task. Mainly the interspecific intraspecific variations in calls within species among different individuals of single make it more challenging. Varieties along with geographical diversity induce complications towards an accurate analysis marine using signatures. Prior methods focused on spectral...

The three orders which comprise the extant marine mammals exhibit a wide range of behaviors, varying social structures, and differences in social information use. Human impacts on marine mammals and their environments are ubiquitous; from chemical and noise pollution, to marine debris, prey depletion, and ocean acidification. As a result, no marine mammal populations remain entirely unaffected ...