[News Feed] Scientists Monitor Habitat Use By Rare North Pacific Right Whales In Bering Sea And Gulf Of Alaska

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The small population of North Pacific right whales is one of the most critically endangered whale populations in the world. Recently these whales have been recognized as a different species from right whales seen in the North Atlantic and others in the Southern Hemisphere. To define ecological parameters critical to the survival of right whales, habitat use was investigated by scientists at the NOAA. These results were published recently in the journal Mammal Review.

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