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Tag Archives: NWHI
HICEAS Hilite: False killer whales, they’re just going through a phase
By Erin Oleson and Amanda Bradford HICEAS Chief Scientist and HICEAS Cruise Leader One of the primary goals for a ship-based survey like the Hawaiian Islands Cetacean and Ecosystem Assessment Survey (HICEAS) is to collect the data we need to … Continue reading
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Tagged #HICEAS2017, #PacIsCetaceans, acoustic, Cetacean Research Program, cetaceans, dolphins, false killer whales, HICEAS, HICEAS Hilite, line-transect, NMFS, NOAA, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, NWHI, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, passive acoustics, PIFSC, PMNM, Protected Species, PSD, visual observations, whales
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HICEAS Hilite: [Dolphin] Dinosaurs Still Exist
By Shannon Coates and Mark Cotter HICEAS Lead Acoustician and HICEAS Cetacean Observer With the the Hawaiian Islands Cetacean and Ecosystem Assessment Survey (HICEAS) of 2017 winding down, we were approached by our Cruise Leaders about writing a blog about … Continue reading
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HICEAS Hilite: Dolphins from the Outer Limits
By Paula Olson and Shannon Coates HICEAS Lead Observer and HICEAS Lead Acoustician One of the joys of participating in offshore surveys like the Hawaiian Islands Cetacean and Ecosystem Assessment Survey (HICEAS) of 2017 is the opportunity to see rare … Continue reading
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Tagged #HICEAS2017, #PacIsCetaceans, acoustic, Cetacean Research Program, cetaceans, dolphins, Fraser's dolphin, HICEAS, HICEAS Hilite, NMFS, NOAA, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, NWHI, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, passive acoustics, PIFSC, PMNM, Protected Species, PSD, Reuben Lasker, visual observations, whales
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HICEAS Hilite: Close encounters of the rare kind, the Longman’s beaked whale aka Indopacetus
By Suzanne Yin and Andrea Bendlin HICEAS Lead Cetacean Observers Disclaimer: Biologists, like other groups of people, have a lingo that we use in our daily work. Just like “a slice to go” means a piece of pizza to take … Continue reading
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Tagged #HICEAS2017, #PacIsCetaceans, Cetacean Research Program, cetaceans, dolphins, HICEAS, HICEAS Hilite, Longman's beaked whales, NMFS, NOAA, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, NWHI, Oscar Elton Sette, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, PIFSC, PMNM, Protected Species, PSD, Reuben Lasker, visual observations, whales
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HICEAS Hilite: Diving into the secret lives of short-finned pilot whales
By Amy Van Cise HICEAS Cetacean Observer It didn’t take many days into the ongoing Hawaiian Islands Cetacean and Ecosystem Assessment Survey (HICEAS) to see short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus). They came, during our second sighting of the cruise, as … Continue reading
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Weaned! The lives and questionable choices of Laysan’s youngest seals
By Hope Ronco, Helena Dodge, and Kristen Tovar Laysan Island has approximately 250 resident Hawaiian monk seals, which is the most of all the islands and atolls in the archipelago. When we arrived on island, one of our primary goals … Continue reading
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Tagged entanglement, Hawaiian monk seal, Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program, HMSRP, Laysan Island, marine mammal, monk seal, NMFS, NOAA, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, NWHI, PIFSC
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